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See more synonyms for excited on Thesaurus.com stirred emotionally; agitated: An excited crowd awaited the arrival of the famed rock group. stimulated to activity; brisk: an excited buying and selling of stocks. Show More
Origin of excited First recorded in
1650–60; excite +
-ed2 Related forms ex·cit·ed·ly , adverb ex·cit·ed·ness , noun hy·per·ex·cit·ed , adjective su·per·ex·cit·ed , adjective un·ex·cit·ed , adjective verb (used with object), ex·cit·ed, ex·cit·ing. to arouse or stir up the emotions or feelings of: to excite a person to anger; actions that excited his father's wrath. to arouse or stir up (emotions or feelings): to excite jealousy or hatred. to cause; awaken: to excite interest or curiosity. to stir to action; provoke or stir up: to excite a dog by baiting him. Physiology to stimulate: to excite a nerve. Electricity to supply with electricity for producing electric activity or a magnetic field: to excite a dynamo. Physics to raise (an atom, molecule, etc.) to an excited state . Show More
Origin of excite 1300–50; Middle English <
Latin excitāre, equivalent to
ex- ex-1 +
citāre, frequentative of
ciēre to set in motion
Related forms pre·ex·cite , verb (used with object), pre·ex·cit·ed, pre·ex·cit·ing. Dictionary.com Unabridged
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Related Words for excited nervous ,
enthusiastic ,
delighted ,
eager ,
disturbed ,
agitated ,
passionate ,
hysterical ,
annoyed ,
thrilled ,
moved ,
disconcerted ,
inflamed ,
provoked ,
stimulated ,
wired ,
animated ,
charged ,
stirred ,
ruffled Examples from the Web for excited Contemporary Examples of excited They excite people, and primaries tend to be dominated by voters who are the most excited .
Are you excited , nervous, afraid, all of the above for the new Star Wars films?
Excited , Shaheen wasted no time and began interviewing surgeons, deciding upon Dr. Curtis Crane in Greenbrae, California.
I hand him the script and with it a little speech about how excited and pleased I am with the work, blah-blah-blah.
This is a time of transition, but I am excited to work with our team—both new and old alike—as we pave a new way forward.
Historical Examples of excited The box was passed from hand to hand, and excited universal admiration.
Milza endeavoured, in her own artless way, to soothe the distress her words had excited .
This so excited the admiration of Speusippus, that a love of philosophy was kindled within him.
It seems impossible now, but I was excited even about the dinner.
They told me to lie quietly in bed this morning, but I'm not tired, not excited .
British Dictionary definitions for excited emotionally aroused, esp to pleasure or agitation characterized by excitement an excited dance sexually aroused (of an atom, molecule, etc) occupying an energy level above the ground state Show More
Derived Forms excitedly , adverb excitedness , noun to arouse (a person) to strong feeling, esp to pleasurable anticipation or nervous agitation to arouse or elicit (an emotion, response, etc); evoke her answers excited curiosity to cause or bring about; stir up to excite a rebellion to arouse sexually physiol to cause a response in or increase the activity of (an organ, tissue, or part); stimulate to raise (an atom, molecule, electron, nucleus, etc) from the ground state to a higher energy level to supply electricity to (the coils of a generator or motor) in order to create a magnetic field to supply a signal to a stage of an active electronic circuit Show More
Word Origin for excite C14: from Latin excitāre, from exciēre to stimulate, from ciēre to set in motion, rouse
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Word Origin and History for excited adj. 1650s, "magnetically or electrically stimulated;" modern sense of "agitated" attested 1855; past participle adjective from excite . Related: Excitedly .
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v. mid-14c., "to move, stir up, instigate," from Old French esciter (12c.) or directly from Latin excitare "rouse, call out, summon forth, produce," frequentative of exciere "call forth, instigate," from ex- "out" (see ex- ) + ciere "set in motion, call" (see cite ). Of feelings, from late 14c. Of bodily organs or tissues, from 1831. Main modern sense of "emotionally agitate" is first attested 1821.
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