to stoke

Examples

• All

• Like there are plenty of people that are bad lawyers and they stoke up conflict because it jacks up fees.

  Lex Fridman

• A crack cocaine epidemic in inner-city New Orleans and other urban areas was stoking anxiety and fear.

  Academic text (2005)

• So how can we how can we stoke this fire a little bit more?

• I think this runs so deep that men stoke that in each other all the time in so many different ways.

• So yes, we should be concerned, especially when this starts to impact People's Daily lives and their ability to eat, which will stoke a crisis.

• Musk seems thrilled to stoke this volatility.

• The answer is not to avoid stoking those resentments, but rather to account for them.

  Academic text (2017)

• Newspaper and magazine stories stoked the nation's fears about juvenile delinquency.

  Academic text (2013)

• Although these groups lacked a large grassroots membership, they nevertheless stoked the latent discontent among Kenyans.

  Academic text (1998)

• The politician tried to stoke public interest in the upcoming elections with a passionate speech.

Synonyms

M

to motivate

vsto stoke

437 3.5

Make someone want to do something

targets raising interest and activity intensity rather than supplying a motive only

S

to stimulate

vsto stoke

236 3.7

Make a person or thing more active, alert and responsive

is more specific about encouraging strong feelings or sustained activity increase

H

to heat

vsto stoke

138 5.9

To cause strong feelings or excitement

is similar but also stresses steady encouragement or increased activity

S

to stir

vsto stoke

131 3.7

To make someone feel a strong emotion

focuses more on increasing or encouraging ongoing interest and activity

F

to fire up

vsto stoke

• Informal

70 4.1

Make people feel excited and ready to act

is broader, also covering steady encouragement and increased activity

E

to excite

vsto stoke

64 2.7

To make something more active, alert or interested

leans more toward encouraging or intensifying already strong feelings or activity

H

to heat up

vsto stoke

57 3.4

To become more intense or make a situation more intense

focuses more on encouraging feelings or interest rather than just intensity

A

to arouse

vsto stoke

57 4.1

Cause a feeling or strong reaction in people

focuses more on increasing or intensifying strong interest and activity

I

to ignite

vsto stoke

47 4.4

To cause strong feelings in someone

also means raising intensity but applies to interest and activity broadly

P

to propel

vsto stoke

45 4.7

To make someone want to do something

is broader, also covering simple encouragement or interest intensification without action

C

to crank up

vsto stoke

• Informal

39 3.8

To increase the level or strength of something, for example volume, production

is more about encouraging feelings and ongoing activity rather than just level rise

P

to pump up

vsto stoke

• Informal

28 4.1

Make someone feel excited and full of energy

can also mean encouraging interest more generally, not only pumped energy

I

to invigorate

vsto stoke

26 5.5

To give more energy and make someone or something feel lively

often focuses more on feeling increase rather than emotional intensity

R

to rouse

vsto stoke

16 5.1

To make people feel strong emotion and want to act

is more about boosting interest and ongoing activity rather than agitation

E

to electrify

vsto stoke

14 4.1

To make people feel very excited and want to act

is broader, also covering gradual encouragement and sustained activity increase

E

to enthuse

vsto stoke

7 5.5

To make someone feel excited about something

adds stronger sense of intensifying existing strong feelings or activity

F

to fan

vsto stoke

7 5.9

To make a feeling like anger or hate grow stronger

is more neutral, increasing interest or activity rather than focusing on negative feelings

Q

to quicken

vsto stoke

2 5.1

To make a feeling or desire stronger

is used more widely for boosting interest and activity, not only sharpening feeling

S

to stoke up

vsto stoke

• Informal

1 5.4

To add fuel to a fire or make energy and excitement stronger

means the same boosting action but with wider use for interest

I

to ignite passion

vsto stoke

1 5.0

Make someone feel very excited and interested in something

covers increasing general interest or activity as well as passion

E

to enkindle

vsto stoke

• Archaic

1 9.2

To make someone feel a strong emotion

tends to aim at increasing intensity and active interest rather than mere inspiration

S

to stir someone's blood

vsto stoke

6.0

To make someone feel strong excitement or deep emotion

intensifies feelings or interest more broadly rather than only strong emotion

K

to kick up excitement

vsto stoke

4.4

Make people more interested and eager about something

can imply broader encouragement of activity and feelings beyond one event

P

to pim

vsto stoke

• Informal

9.9

Make something more lively by adding music or bright pictures

is similar but can be more neutral and applies to steady encouragement

A

to arouse interest

vsto stoke

3.8

To make someone feel curious about something and want to know more

is broader, increasing strong feelings, interest, or activity beyond curiosity

Antonyms

D

to discourage

257 3.5

To try to stop something by making people less willing to do it

D

to diminish

201 3.7

To become less in size, importance, or value

S

to suppress

176 4.8

To stop public protest by force or by people in power

Phrasal Verbs

S

to stoke up

• Informal

1 5.4

To add fuel to a fire or make energy and excitement stronger

How Intense

to incite

• NSFW

72 7.7

to inflame

31 5.8

to stoke

45 4.6

to stimulate

236 3.7

to encourage

∞ 2.3

Surface Forms

Etymology