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sparkingverbpresent participle of spark to give off sparksthe broken radio sparked and smoked the instant it was plugged in scintillating, sparkling flashing, shining, twinklingblazing, burning, combusting, flaming, flaring (up), glowing, lighting (up), radiating, scintillating to cause to functioninteresting questions that are designed to spark the reader's brain activating, actuating, cranking (up), driving, moving, running, setting off, starting, touching off, triggering, turning on kicking over, turning overcharging, electrifying, energizing, firing, fueling(or fuelling), generating, powering, pushingdischarging, launching, releasing, switching, trippingreactivating, rechargingarousing, exciting, jump-starting, kick-starting, stimulating, vitalizingigniting, inciting, instigating, provoking, quickening, stirring upaccelerating, catalyzing, speeding (up), stepping up cutting, cutting out, deactivating, killing, shutting off, turning off arresting, braking, checking, cutting off, drawing up, halting, jamming, stalling, sticking, stoppingdecelerating, repressing, slowing, stunting, suppressing to rouse to strong feeling or actionPresident Kennedy's inspirational speeches sparked a generation of young idealists to enter the public arena arousing, encouraging, exciting, firing (up), impassioning, inciting, instigating, moving, piquing, provoking, revving (up), stimulating, stirring fanning, igniting, inflaming(also enflaming), kindling, triggeringactivating, animating, driving, energizing, galvanizing, inducing, inspiring, keying (up), motivating, motiving, pumping up, quickening, setting off, vitalizingabetting, fermenting, fomenting, raising, whipping (up)angering, enraging, maddening, upsettingjeering, taunting, teasingaggravating, annoying, bothering, exasperating, galling, getting, irritating, vexing building a fire under calming, soothing, subduing, tranquilizing(also tranquillizing)appeasing, mollifying, pacifying, placating |