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turned-on

[turnd-on, -awn] / ˈtɜrndˈɒn, -ˈɔn /
ADJECTIVE
thrilled
Synonyms
WEAK
animated aroused atingle elated electrified excited fired up inspired moved stirred touched worked-up
turned on
VERB
excite, please
Synonyms
WEAK
arouse attract captivate enchant get started initiate introduce show stimulate stir up thrill titillate work up
Antonyms
WEAK
close disenchant disgust displease end finish shut down turn off
VERB
start the operation of
Synonyms
STRONGEST
activate log on put on switch on
WEAK
begin energize get started ignite initiate introduce put in gear set in motion start up
Antonyms
WEAK
close disenchant disgust displease end finish shut down turn off

Example Sentences

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This is because DNA contains so-called enhancers, "switches" that ensure that the right genes are turned-on in the right cells at the right time.

From Science Daily • Oct. 31, 2023

Last season, off-Broadway's Public Theater presented a tribute to the hyphenated generation with a fullscale, turned-on, freaked-out, pro-love, antiwar, love-rock bein.

From Time Magazine Archive

Surrealism, after all, is mainly for those who applaud calculated chaos as critical therapy, a place where turned-on birds may sing but no poetry is written.

From Time Magazine Archive

Well aware of the underground challenge, the assembly chose as its theme "All Things New," and its opening ceremonies showed a temperately turned-on effort to bridge the gulf between the traditional and the revolutionary.

From Time Magazine Archive

What was the significance of the broken incandescent burner, the turned-on gas, and the faint mark under the window?

From The Shrieking Pit by Rees, Arthur J. (Arthur John)