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Adjective excited has 4 senses
- excited - in an aroused state
Antonym: unexcited
- aroused, emotional, excited, worked up - of persons; excessively affected by emotion; "he would become emotional over nothing at all"; "she was worked up about all the noise"
Antonym: unagitated (indirect, via agitated)
- delirious, excited, frantic, mad, unrestrained - marked by uncontrolled excitement or emotion; "a crowd of delirious baseball fans"; "something frantic in their gaiety"; "a mad whirl of pleasure"
Antonym: tame (indirect, via wild)
- activated, excited - of e.g. a molecule; made reactive or more reactive
Antonym: unreactive (indirect, via reactive)
Verb excite has 8 senses
- excite - arouse or elicit a feeling
--1 is one way to arouse, elicit, enkindle, kindle, evoke, fire, raise, provoke
Sample sentences:
Somebody ----s somebody
Something ----s somebody
- stimulate, excite - act as a stimulant; "The book stimulated her imagination"; "This play stimulates"
--2 is one way to affect, impact, bear upon, bear on, touch on, touch
Sample sentences:
Something ----s
Somebody ----s something
Somebody ----s somebody
Something ----s somebody
Something ----s something
- excite, energize, energise - raise to a higher energy level; "excite the atoms"
--3 is one way to change, alter, modify
Sample sentences:
Somebody ----s something
Something ----s something
- stimulate, excite, stir - stir feelings in; "stimulate my appetite"; "excite the audience"; "stir emotions"
--4 is one way to sensitize, sensitise
Sample sentences:
Somebody ----s something
Somebody ----s somebody
Something ----s somebody
- agitate, rouse, turn on, charge, commove, excite, charge up - cause to be agitated, excited, or roused; "The speaker charged up the crowd with his inflammatory remarks"
--5 is one way to disturb, upset, trouble
Sample sentences:
The bad news will excite him
The good news will excite her
- arouse, sex, excite, turn on, wind up - stimulate sexually; "This movie usually arouses the male audience"
--6 is one way to stimulate, shake, shake up, excite, stir
Sample sentence:
The performance is likely to excite Sue
- stimulate, shake, shake up, excite, stir - stir the feelings, emotions, or peace of; "These stories shook the community"; "the civil war shook the country"
--7 is one way to arouse, elicit, enkindle, kindle, evoke, fire, raise, provoke
Sample sentence:
The performance is likely to excite Sue
- excite - produce a magnetic field in; "excite the neurons"
--8 is one way to change, alter, modify
Sample sentences:
Somebody ----s something
Something ----s something
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