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Excitable

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The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 4th Edition

adj. Easily excited.

adj. Capable of responding to stimuli.

Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License

adj. Easily excited.

the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English

adj. Capable of being excited, or roused into action; susceptible of excitement; easily stirred up, or stimulated.

The Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia

Susceptible of or prone to excitement; capable of being excited; easily stirred up or stimulated: as, an excitable temperament.

Synonyms Passionate, choleric, hasty, hot.

WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.

adj. capable of responding to stimuli

adj. easily excited

Word Usage

"That the nervous system in Mrs. Carlyle was all along unstable and excitable is indicated by her intolerance of noise of all kinds, which was as great as that of her husband, and by her sleeplessness, which was even worse than his."

Equivalent

sensitive skittish high-keyed warm nervous spooky quick flighty

Antonym

unexcitable

Synonym

Words with the same meaning

nervous irritable hot-brained hot-headed inflammable inflammatory

Same Context

Words that are found in similar contexts

impressionable irritable impulsive headstrong irascible choleric quick-tempered sanguine adventurous high-strung