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Adjective: exciting ik'sI-ting or ek'sI-ting- Creating or arousing excitement
"an exciting account of her trip" - Stimulating interest and discussion
"an exciting novel" Verb: excite ik'sIt or ek'sIt- Arouse or elicit a feeling
"The announcement excited curiosity among the students" - Cause to be agitated, excited, or roused
"The news excited the crowd"; - agitate, rouse, turn on, charge, commove [archaic], charge up - Arouse feelings in
"excite the audience"; - stimulate, stir - Excite the feelings or emotions of; disturb the peace of
"These stories excited the community"; - shake, shake up, stir - To evoke sexual feelings
"This movie usually excites the male audience"; - arouse, turn on, wind up - Act as a stimulant
"The book excited her imagination"; - stimulate - Raise to a higher energy level
"excite the atoms"; - energize, energise [Brit] - Produce a magnetic field in
"excite the neurons"
See also: atingle, breathless, elating, electric, electrifying, excitation, excitement, exhilarating, fervor [US], fervour [Brit, Cdn], galvanic, galvanising [Brit], galvanizing, glam [informal], glamorous, glamourous [Brit, non-standard], heady, inflammation, interesting, intoxicating, provocative, sexy [informal], spine-tingling, stimulating, thrilling, tickling, tingling, titillating Type of: affect, alter, arouse, bear on, bear upon, change, disturb, elicit, enkindle [literary], evoke, impact, kindle, modify, provoke, raise, sensitise [Brit], sensitize, trouble, upset Antonym: dampen, unexciting Encyclopedia: Exciting Excite |