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S: (v) affect, impact, bear upon, bear on, touch on, touch (have an effect upon) "Will the new rules affect me?"

S: (v) affect (act physically on; have an effect upon) "the medicine affects my heart rate"
S: (v) involve, affect, regard (connect closely and often incriminatingly) "This new ruling affects your business"
S: (v) feign, sham, pretend, affect, dissemble (make believe with the intent to deceive) "He feigned that he was ill"; "He shammed a headache"
S: (v) affect, impress, move, strike (have an emotional or cognitive impact upon) "This child impressed me as unusually mature"; "This behavior struck me as odd"; "he was dumb-struck by the news"; "her comments struck a sour note"

S: (v) infect (affect in a contagious way) "His laughter infects everyone who is in the same room"
S: (v) surprise (cause to be surprised) "The news really surprised me"

S: (v) amaze, astonish, astound (affect with wonder) "Your ability to speak six languages amazes me!"

S: (v) dazzle (amaze or bewilder, as with brilliant wit or intellect or skill) "Her arguments dazzled everyone"; "The dancer dazzled the audience with his turns and jumps"

S: (v) explode a bombshell (utter or do something surprising) "Father exploded a bombshell when he forbade us to go to the prom"
S: (v) catch (discover or come upon accidentally, suddenly, or unexpectedly; catch somebody doing something or in a certain state) "She caught her son eating candy"; "She was caught shoplifting"
S: (v) flabbergast, boggle, bowl over (overcome with amazement) "This boggles the mind!"
S: (v) shock, floor, ball over, blow out of the water, take aback (surprise greatly; knock someone's socks off) "I was floored when I heard that I was promoted"

S: (v) startle, galvanize, galvanise (to stimulate to action) "the loud noise startled him awake"; "galvanized into action"

S: (v) impress, ingrain, instill (produce or try to produce a vivid impression of) "Mother tried to ingrain respect for our elders in us"
S: (v) awaken (make aware) "They were awakened to the sad facts"
S: (v) engrave (impress or affect deeply) "The event engraved itself into her memory"
S: (v) strike dumb (render speechless, as by surprising or shocking) "we were struck dumb by the candidate's announcement"
S: (v) zap (strike suddenly and with force) "This show zaps the viewers with some shocking scenes"
S: (v) jar (affect in a disagreeable way) "This play jarred the audience"
S: (v) hit home, strike home, strike a chord, strike a note (refer to or be relevant or familiar to) "I hope this message hits home!"
S: (v) smite (affect suddenly with deep feeling) "He was smitten with love for this young girl"
S: (v) cloud (make gloomy or depressed) "Their faces were clouded with sadness"
S: (v) pierce (move or affect (a person's emotions or bodily feelings) deeply or sharply) "The cold pierced her bones"; "Her words pierced the students"
S: (v) impress (impress positively) "The young chess player impressed her audience"

S: (v) prepossess (make a positive impression (on someone) beforehand) "A prepossessing appearance"
S: (v) wow (impress greatly) "The speaker wowed the audience"

S: (v) sweep away, sweep off (overwhelm emotionally) "Her swept her away"
S: (v) disturb, upset, trouble (move deeply) "This book upset me"; "A troubling thought"

S: (v) agitate, rouse, turn on, charge, commove, excite, charge up (cause to be agitated, excited, or roused) "The speaker charged up the crowd with his inflammatory remarks"

S: (v) hype up, psych up (get excited or stimulated) "The children were all psyched up after the movie"
S: (v) bother (make nervous or agitated) "The mere thought of her bothered him and made his heart beat faster"
S: (v) pother (make upset or troubled)
S: (v) electrify (excite suddenly and intensely) "The news electrified us"

S: (v) jolt (disturb (someone's) composure) "The audience was jolted by the play"
S: (v) perturb, unhinge, disquiet, trouble, cark, distract, disorder (disturb in mind or make uneasy or cause to be worried or alarmed) "She was rather perturbed by the news that her father was seriously ill"

S: (v) worry, vex (disturb the peace of mind of; afflict with mental agitation or distress) "I cannot sleep--my daughter's health is worrying me"

S: (v) misgive (suggest fear or doubt) "Her heart misgave her that she had acted inexcusably"
S: (v) eat, eat on (worry or cause anxiety in a persistent way) "What's eating you?"
S: (v) nag (worry persistently) "nagging concerns and doubts"

S: (v) distress (cause mental pain to) "The news of her child's illness distressed the mother"

S: (v) besiege (cause to feel distressed or worried) "She was besieged by so many problems that she got discouraged"

S: (v) touch, stir (affect emotionally) "A stirring movie"; "I was touched by your kind letter of sympathy"

S: (v) get (evoke an emotional response) "Brahms's `Requiem' gets me every time"

S: (v) alienate (make withdrawn or isolated or emotionally dissociated) "the boring work alienated his employees"