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Excitement

Excitement Meaning & Definition
Excitement Definition And Meaning

What's The Definition Of Excitement?

[n] disturbance usually in protest
[n] something that agitates and arouses; "he looked forward to the excitements of the day"
[n] the feeling of lively and cheerful joy; "he could hardly conceal his excitement when she agreed"
[n] the state of being emotionally aroused and worked up; "his face was flushed with excitement and his hands trembled"; "he tried to calm those who were in a state of extreme inflammation"

Synonyms | Synonyms for Excitement: agitation | excitation | excitation | exhilaration | fervor | fervour | hullabaloo | inflammation | turmoil | upheaval

Related Terms | Find terms related to Excitement: action | activity | ado | aggravation | agitation | anger | animation | anxiety | ardency | ardor | arousal | arousing | bluster | bobbery | boil | boiling | breathless impatience | brouhaha | bustle | chafing | churn | commotion | conturbation | discomfort | discomposure | disorder | disquiet | disquietude | disturbance | eagerness | ebullience | ebullition | ecstasy | electrification | embroilment | enthusiasm | exacerbation | exasperation | excitation | exhilaration | ferment | fermentation | fervency | fervidity | fervidness | fervor | fever | feverishness | fidgets | fire | fireworks | firing | flap | flurry | fluster | flutteration | foment | fomentation | fretfulness | fretting | fume | furor | fury | fuss | galvanization | gusto | haste | heart | heartiness | heat | hubbub | hurly-burly | impassionedness | impatience | impatientness | impetuousness | incitation | incitement | inflammation | infuriation | inquietude | instigation | irritation | jitters | jumpiness | lather | lathering up | liveliness | love | maelstrom | malaise | moil | nerviness | nervosity | nervousness | passion | passionateness | pep rally | pep talk | perturbation | provocation | rabble-rousing | relish | restiveness | restlessness | roil | rout | row | savor | seethe | seething | sexual desire | soul | spirit | steaming up | stew | stimulation | stimulus | stir | stirring | stirring up | stirring-up | sweat | swirl | tense readiness | tension | to-do | trepidation | trepidity | tumult | tumultuation | turbidity | turbulence | turmoil | twitter | unease | uneasiness | unpatientness | unquietness | unrest | upset | vehemence | verve | warmth | warmth of feeling | whipping up | working up | zeal

See Also | arousal | bang | boot | charge | disturbance | emotional arousal | flush | intoxication | joy | joyfulness | joyousness | kick | rousing | rush | sensation | thrill | thrill | titillation

Excitement In Webster's Dictionary

\Ex*cite"ment\n. [Cf. OF. excitement, escitement.] 1. The act of exciting, or the state of being roused into action, or of having increased action; impulsion; agitation; as, an excitement of the people. 2. That which excites or rouses; that which moves, stirs, or induces action; a motive. The cares and excitements of a season of transition and struggle. --Talfowrd. 3. (Physiol.) A state of aroused or increased vital activity in an organism, or any of its organs or tissues.

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