Excitement

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The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 4th Edition
  • n. The act or an instance of exciting.
  • n. The condition of being excited.
  • n. Something that excites: the dancing tigers and other circus excitements.
  • Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License
  • n. the state of being excited (emotionally aroused).
  • n. something that excites.
  • the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English
  • n. The act of exciting, or the state of being roused into action, or of having increased action; impulsion; agitation.
  • n. That which excites or rouses; that which moves, stirs, or induces action; a motive.
  • n. A state of aroused or increased vital activity in an organism, or any of its organs or tissues.
  • The Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia
  • n. The act of exciting; stimulation.
  • n. The state of being excited or roused into action; agitation; sensation; commotion: as, the news caused great excitement; an excitement of the people.
  • n. In medicine, a state of increased, and especially unduly increased, activity in the body or in any of its parts.
  • n. That which excites or rouses; that which moves, stirs, or induces action; a motive.
  • WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
  • n. the state of being emotionally aroused and worked up
  • n. the feeling of lively and cheerful joy
  • n. something that agitates and arouses
  • n. disturbance usually in protest
  • Antonym
    apathy    calm    self-control   
    Hypernym
    Words that are more generic or abstract
    Synonym
    Words with the same meaning
    impulsion    agitation    motive    excitation    disturbance    tension    activity    bustle    ferment    fermentation   
    Rhyme
    Words with the same terminal sound
    Same Context
    Words that are found in similar contexts
    anxiety    joy    emotion    anger    terror    curiosity    apprehension    sensation    satisfaction    tension