Unscramble excited

Definition of excited

adjective:

• (of persons) excessively affected by emotion; "he would become emotional over nothing at all", "she was worked up about all the noise". Synonyms: aroused, emotional, worked up.
• in an aroused state. Antonyms: unexcited.
• marked by uncontrolled excitement or emotion; "a crowd of delirious baseball fans", "something frantic in their gaiety", "a mad whirl of pleasure". Synonyms: delirious, frantic, mad, unrestrained.
• (of e.g. a molecule) made reactive or more reactive. Synonyms: activated.

verb:

• arouse or elicit a feeling. Synonyms: excite.
• act as a stimulant; "The book stimulated her imagination", "This play stimulates". Synonyms: excite, stimulate. Antonyms: stifle.
• stir feelings in; "stimulate my appetite", "excite the audience", "stir emotions". Synonyms: excite, stimulate, stir.
• cause to be agitated, excited, or roused; "The speaker charged up the crowd with his inflammatory remarks". Synonyms: agitate, charge, charge up, commove, excite, rouse, turn on. Antonyms: calm.
• stimulate sexually; "This movie usually arouses the male audience". Synonyms: arouse, excite, sex, turn on, wind up.
• stir the feelings, emotions, or peace of; "These stories shook the community", "the civil war shook the country". Synonyms: excite, shake, shake up, stimulate, stir.
• raise to a higher energy level; "excite the atoms". Synonyms: energise, energize, excite.
• produce a magnetic field in; "excite the neurons". Synonyms: excite.

Related words

affright, animate, arouse, blow, bother, disgust, elate, electrify, enliven, enthuse, exalt, excite, fellate, fright, frighten, fuel, horripilate, innervate, inspire, intoxicate, invigorate, invite, irritate, masturbate, pother, quicken, repel, revolt, scare, sex, suck, tempt, thrill, tickle, titillate, uplift, vibrate, wank, whet, work.

Words nearby

excite.

Rhymes with

delighted, farsighted, lighted.