elicited

1 5.7

A reaction that comes from something that makes someone feel something

adjective
/ɪˈlɪsɪtɪd/

: provocado

Her emotional response was elicited by the touching story he told.

Examples

Disgust is one of them, and it is universally elicited by certain things like this list.
And that means that we have to be concerned about the circumstances in which it was elicited or donated or taken.
We don't want them to like fail at tasks because the models were like not elicited properly because we didn't ask them, right?
The scientist's question elicited a thoughtful reply from the students.
The loud noise elicited fear in the children playing nearby.

Synonyms

induced

vselicited

Specialized

80 5.9

Made to happen by another thing or action, not happening naturally

focuses on drawing out a response rather than creating a condition

stimulated

vselicited

9 3.7

Feeling excited and interested after hearing or seeing something

refers to producing a response without necessarily causing arousal

evoked

vselicited

Specialized

1 7.3

Made by the brain or body after a small test signal

is used more generally for a response drawn out by a provocation

Antonyms

repressed

31 6.5

Having strong feelings that a person keeps inside and does not show to others

unresponsive

29 4.7

Not reacting to touch, sound, or commands

How Strong

overwhelming

414 4.4

strong

∞ 1.0

elicited

1 5.7

faint

157 2.7

absent

160 1.0

Surface Forms

elicited positive

Morphology

elicited = elicit (transparent) = elicit + ed

Regular adjectival past-participle formed from the verb 'elicit'; the meaning is directly derived from 'elicit' + '-ed'.

Etymology

Elicited comes from an old Latin verb elicere meaning 'to draw out', so imagine someone gently pulling an answer or a laugh out of another person. That's why an elicited response is one that is called forth or drawn out by a question, sound, or other trigger.