exciting
Americanadjective
adjective
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Etymology
Origin of exciting
Explanation
When something is exciting, it is full of activity and gets your blood pumping. Anything causing excitement is exciting. If your heart is racing and you’re thrilled, exhilarated, or jumping up and down with anticipation, something must be exciting. Different people find different things exciting. A close football game is exciting for fans. Being in love is exciting for just about anyone. Learning something new, whether French or juggling, is exciting. An action movie is supposed to be exciting — if it's not, it must not be very good. When you have exciting news, you can't wait to share it.
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Example Sentences
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“This is incredibly exciting news — the news we in wolf recovery for decades have been waiting for,” Amaroq Weiss, a former senior wolf advocate at the Center for Biological Diversity, told the news outlet.
From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 5, 2026
“It is very exciting but there still are some hurdles,” he said.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 5, 2026
So did “House of the Dragon”! OK, to be honest, I found those less exciting than the magnificent pairing of Hannah Waddingham with Octavia Spencer in Prime Video’s “Ride or Die.”
From Salon ● Sep. 4, 2026
"The first few times you hear it, you're like, 'Oh, that's weird'. Then you get used to it, and it becomes the exciting bit, the part everyone waits for."
From BBC ● Sep. 1, 2026
“You know, the postcards. It would have been exciting to take a trip to Bermuda, right? I hear the spearfishing is great down there.”
From "South of Somewhere" by Kalena Miller
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