[responsivevoice] galvanize [/responsivevoice] [ gal-vuh-nahyz ]
The word of the day is ‘galvanize.’
The word is a verb, i.e., it demonstrates an action or an occurrence.
Yes, the past form of the word is galvanized.
It means:
1. Inspire
2. Stimulate
3. Shock
4. Excite
1. Hindi – Protsaahit karana
2. Spanish – Galvanizar
3. French – Galvaniser
4. Mandarin – Dù xīn
1. Madame Rachel can only galvanize the corpse, not revivify it.
2. The urgency of his voice galvanized them into action.
3. The touch of his hands and lips seemed to galvanize her into life
4. Love is the only impulse which could galvanize him into life.
5. And, for Kings Port, navy yards do not galvanize dead trade
arouse, astonish, energize, excite, frighten, invigorate, jolt, motivate, provoke, shock, spur, startle, stir, stun, animate, awaken, commove, electrify, fire, innervate, move, pique, prime, quicken, thrill, vitalize, wake, zap, jolt, impel, prod, urge, motivate, stimulate, electrify, rouse, vitalize, exhilarate, thrill, dynamize, inspire, inspirit, incentivize etc
Some antonyms of the word are:
bore, calm, comfort, compose, depress, discourage, dissuade, expect, lull, quiet, deaden, dishearten, dull, deter, disparage, retard, demotivate
Quotation:
The whole thing was done for internal political reasons to galvanize and unify the country against the Americans, and if they hadn’t had that immediate opportunity they would have found another one.
Lloyd Cutler
Social Example:
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