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English adjective: excited | |||
| 1. | excited (of persons) excessively affected by emotion | ||
| Samples | He would become emotional over nothing at all. She was worked up about all the noise. | ||
| Synonyms | aroused, emotional, worked up | ||
| Similar | agitated | ||
| Antonyms | unagitated | ||
| 2. | excited in an aroused state | ||
| Similar | aflutter, agog, aroused, crazy, drunk, fevered, intoxicated, nervous, overexcited, stimulated, stirred, stirred up, teased, thrilled, thrillful, titillated | ||
| See also | agitated | ||
| Antonyms | unexcited | ||
| 3. | excited marked by uncontrolled excitement or emotion | ||
| Samples | A crowd of delirious baseball fans. Something frantic in their gaiety. A mad whirl of pleasure. | ||
| Synonyms | delirious, frantic, mad, unrestrained | ||
| Similar | wild | ||
| Antonyms | tame | ||
| 4. | excited (of e.g. a molecule) made reactive or more reactive | ||
| Synonyms | activated | ||
| Similar | reactive | ||
| Domain category | natural philosophy, physics | ||
| Antonyms | unreactive | ||
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