Definitions
American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fourth Edition
- adj. Being in a state of excitement; emotionally aroused; stirred.
- adj. Physics Being at an energy level higher than the ground state.
Wiktionary
- adj. Having great enthusiasm.
- adj. physics Being in a state of higher energy.
- adj. Having an erection; erect.
- v. Past participle of excite
WordNet 3.0
- adj. (of e.g. a molecule) made reactive or more reactive
- adj. in an aroused state
- adj. (of persons) excessively affected by emotion
- adj. marked by uncontrolled excitement or emotion
Examples
“The action current in the nerve _is from the relatively more excited to the relatively less excited_.”
“The word excited does not even begin to describe how I feel about one day viewing a film based on Hamid's literary masterpiece, which still haunts my dreams with its bewildering final chapter.”
“Noone, manager of psychiatric intensive care at the Riverview Hospital in Coquitlam, B.C., says the use of the term excited delirium when describing cause of death can result in the deceased being labelled as the culprit.”
“The prospect of taking over the title excited Jake Critelli, a twin, who said it would make the students 'senior year a little more interesting than previous classes.”
“Grandson just turned eleven, to say he was excited is an understatement.”
“This unusual posture again excited suspicion, and the animal sidled mincingly away.”
“I worked the polls for the primary, and the only people who came in excited were older white women and minority women.”
“Of all the cool new stuff that came out of New York Comic Con this past week (god if only I could have been there), the thing that has me the most excited is a line of highly detailed Ghostbuster figures from Mattel.”
“The second reason why I am so excited is Stampin 'Up announced a new Color Renovation for the 2010-2011 Idea Book and Catalog!”
“Let's be honest, here; The only reason people are excited is because they get to see a Freddy who is a return to form from his "Bugs Bunny with claws" persona, AND he gets to kill these fresh-faced teenagers in some fun, new ways.”
Lists
These user-created lists contain the word ‘excited’.
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Words related to knowledge
Words that relate to learning, knowing, being enlightened...
revelation, eureka, awakening, idea, sapient, astute, canny, intelligent, wise, sharp, shrewd, informed and 467 more...
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UK Usage - Find US Equivalent
All these terms have a (different) American English equivalent. Wonder if you can identify them?
abridgement (abri..., accoutrement, accoutre, acknowledgement (..., opposite, advert, adaptor, adapter, sticking plaster, advertise, adviser (advisor ..., adze, aesthete and 1196 more...
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Describing People
eye, hair, mouth, nose, tooth, head, face, arm, hand, finger, lip, leg and 212 more...
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Adjectives
sagacious, average, angry, mad, crazy, giant, ugly, pretty, happy, sad, lonely, solitary and 119 more...
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lasers
words associated with LASERS.
( open list, randomness )
NOTE: i'd like to keep the list specific to the LASER itself (Any LASER), and leave out applied sciences..
sp...electromagnetism, light, wavelength, phase, frequency, polarization, emission, optical, spectroscopy, lase, crystal, projection and 61 more...
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Twitter faves
The new favourite words of people on Twitter.
A script searches Twitter for "X is my new favourite word" and adds it to this list.
See also:
niglets, aw, flakey, shiznit, thatch, sexy, bummers, hotty, eargasms, ratchetry, weird, fab and 457 more... -
Synonyms for happy
Synonyms for happy is a list with all words that are synonyms for happy (just like the title says).
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classic695's Words
delighted, elated, energetic, excited, enthusiastic, elevated, happy, contented, fine, pleased, satisfied, compassionate and 168 more...
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Basic English Vocabulary
Very basic words for ESL students.
contemplate, container, consumer, consultant, consensus, conscious, conscience, connection, confusion, confront, conflict, confident and 4334 more...
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school starts in 2 days
excited, worried, nervous, anxious, already tired, what to wear, creative, technology, homework, grading
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feeling words
twitterpated, loquacious, ambiguous, pensive, sluggish, anxious, adventurous, curious, abandoned, absent-minded, abrasive, abused and 653 more...
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Expressions
(Facial)
pained, pitiful, reproachful, annoyed, dismissive, excited, eager, spiteful, contemptuous, passive, calm, nervous and 155 more...
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List.001
New word list
imperative, republic, subtle, Androgynous, licentious, auspices, avengeance, cabal, sibilant, Entropy, caduceus, ludicrous, and 170 more...
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jcopenha's Words
weenese, quiesce, sesquipedalian, adjacent, esoteric, jubilant, amnesty, juxtaposition, juxtapose, irreverant, verisimilitude, funny and 25 more...
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TT1 Lesson 1
Busch Gardens, parrot, coast, heart, nest, nestled, spectacular, Africa, fashioned, century, excitement, excited and 31 more...
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lapaulino's list
Words I`d like to remember
ecstatic, content, cheerful, grateful, delighted, miserable, discontented, fed up, sick and tired, depressed, frustrated, confused and 4 more...
Tweets
Looking for tweets for excited.

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