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sparksnounpl. of spark a very small amountnot a spark of interest in the actress's memoirs aces, bits, crumbs, dabs, drams, driblets, glimmers, hints, licks, little, mites, nips, ounces, particles, peanuts, rays, scintillas, scruples, shades, shadows, shreds, skoshes, smacks, smells, smidgens(also smidgeons or smidgins or smidges), snaps, soupçons, spatters, specks, splashes, spots, sprinklings, strains, streaks, suspicions, touches, traces hoots, iotas, jots, minima(or minimums), minims, modicums, semblances, syllables, tittles, vestiges, whitsatoms, dots, flecks, flyspecks, grains, granules, molecules, morsels, motes, nubbins, patches, scrapsdashes, drops, pinchesparts, portions, sectionsbites, nibbles, tasteshandfuls(also handsful), scatterings, smatterings, smattersdoses, shotschips, flakes, fragments, shards, shivers, slivers, smithereens, splintersshreds, tattersclippings, parings, shavings drops in the bucket abundances, barrels, boatloads, buckets, bundles, bushels, deals, fistfuls, gobs, heaps, lashings(also lashins, chiefly British), loads, lots, masses, messes, mountains, much, oodles, passels, pecks, piles, plenties, potfuls, profusions, quantities, rafts, reams, scads, stacks, wads, wealthsvolumesbonanzas, embarrassments, excesses, overabundances, overages, overflows, overkills, overmuch, oversupplies, superabundances, superfluities, surfeits, surpluseschunks, hunks, lumps, slabs sparksverbpresent tense third-person singular of sparkto give off sparksthe broken radio sparked and smoked the instant it was plugged in scintillates, sparkles flashes, shines, twinklesblazes, burns, combusts, flames, flares (up), glows, lights (up), radiates, scintillates to cause to functioninteresting questions that are designed to spark the reader's brain activates, actuates, cranks (up), drives, moves, runs, sets off, starts, touches off, triggers, turns on kicks over, turns overcharges, electrifies, energizes, fires, fuels, generates, powers, pushesdischarges, launches, releases, switches, tripsreactivates, rechargesarouses, excites, jump-starts, kick-starts, stimulates, vitalizesignites, incites, instigates, provokes, quickens, stirs upaccelerates, catalyzes, speeds (up), steps up cuts, cuts out, deactivates, kills, shuts off, turns off arrests, brakes, checks, cuts off, draws up, halts, jams, stalls, sticks, stopsdecelerates, represses, slows, stunts, suppresses to rouse to strong feeling or actionPresident Kennedy's inspirational speeches sparked a generation of young idealists to enter the public arena arouses, encourages, excites, fires (up), impassions, incites, instigates, moves, piques, provokes, revs (up), stimulates, stirs fans, ignites, inflames(also enflames), kindles, triggersactivates, animates, drives, energizes, galvanizes, induces, inspires, keys (up), motivates, motives, pumps up, quickens, sets off, vitalizesabets, ferments, foments, raises, whips (up)angers, enrages, maddens, upsetsjeers, taunts, teasesaggravates, annoys, bothers, exasperates, galls, gets, irritates, vexes builds a fire under calms, soothes, subdues, tranquilizes(also tranquillizes)appeases, mollifies, pacifies, placates |