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1. Affected by emotion as if by electricity; thrilling
   - electric, galvanic, galvanizing

1. To stimulate to action
   "..galvanised him awake"
   - startle, galvanize
    
2. Cover with zinc
   "galvanise steel"
   - galvanize
    
3. Stimulate (muscles) by administering a shock
   - galvanize

See also: exciting, galvanisation [Brit], galvaniser [Brit], galvanism

Type of: ball over, blow out of the water, coat, floor, shock, surface, take aback

Encyclopedia: Galvanise