excited

adj — 4 senses

excited

adj

/ɪkˈsaɪ.tɪd/

Etymology From excite + -ed.

1

Having great enthusiasm, passion and energy.

  • He was very excited about his promotion.
  • Yesterday was Thursday, Thursday / Today i-is Friday, Friday / We-we-we so excited / We so excited / We gonna have a ball today2011, “Friday”, performed by Rebecca Black ft. Patrice Wilson:
2

Natural sciences, Physical sciences, Physics Being in a state of higher energy.

  • The excited electrons give off light when they drop to a lower energy state.
3

Having an erection; erect.

4

Sexually aroused.

  • When you lick my neck like that, I get really excited, baby!
Synonyms
40 termsaboil, aflutter, amped, atwitter, eager, enthused, enthusiastic, fever-pitched, fired up, gassed, geed up, geeked, giddy, gripped, hepped up, het up, high-strung, highwrought, hog-wild, hyped, hyperexcited, jacked up, jazzed, jiggy, juiced, keen, lit up, psyched, pumped, pumped up, souped, stoked, superpsyched, thrilled, toey, turnt up, wigged out, wired, worked up, wrought-up
Antonyms
bored, bummed, disappointed, underwhelmed, unexcited
Derived terms
deexcited, excimer, exciplex, excited delirium, excitedly, excitedness, excited state, Excited States, Excited States of America, hyperexcited, nervicited, nervited, nonexcited, overexcited, sad-cited, sadcited, self-excited, superexcited, unexcited
Related terms
happy, nervous

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