bestirs
Shakes off lethargy
Bestirs is the third-person singular of bestir, meaning to rouse or stir into action.
The word almost always appears reflexively: She bestirs herself from the couch only for meals.
It carries a slightly literary or old-fashioned flavor, often implying reluctant movement from a state of rest or inactivity.
Becomes conscious again
- rousesCauses to awaken
- wakesBecomes conscious again
- arousesStirs to wakefulness
- animatesGives life or motion
galvanizes · activates · energizes · revives · rallies · summons · musters · spurs
Fills with creative urge
propels · moves · pushes · incites · provokes · stimulates · induces · encourages
awakens
Becomes conscious again
animates · galvanizes · activates · energizes · revives · rallies · summons · musters · spurs · prods
inspires
Fills with creative urge
urges · propels · moves · pushes · incites · provokes · stimulates · induces · encourages · emboldens
effort
Applied energy toward goals
action · industry · diligence · enterprise · initiative · striving · exertion · toil · labor · endeavor
bestirsprocrastinates
Habitually delays action
dawdles · languishes · loafs · hesitates · shirks