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Definitions for Exciting
[1] producing excitement; stirring; thrilling: an exciting account of his trip to Tibet.
[2] to arouse or stir up the emotions or feelings of: to excite a person to anger; actions that excited his father's wrath.
[3] to arouse or stir up (emotions or feelings): to excite jealousy or hatred.
[4] to cause; awaken: to excite interest or curiosity.
[5] to stir to action; provoke or stir up: to excite a dog by baiting him.
[6] Physiology . to stimulate: to excite a nerve.
[7] Electricity . to supply with electricity for producing electric activity or a magnetic field: to excite a dynamo.
[8] Physics . to raise (an atom, molecule, etc.) to an excited state.
[9] causing excitement; stirring; stimulating
[10] to arouse (a person) to strong feeling, esp to pleasurable anticipation or nervous agitation
[11] to arouse or elicit (an emotion, response, etc); evoke her answers excited curiosity
[12] to cause or bring about; stir up to excite a rebellion
[13] to arouse sexually
[14] physiol to cause a response in or increase the activity of (an organ, tissue, or part); stimulate
[15] to raise (an atom, molecule, electron, nucleus, etc) from the ground state to a higher energy level
[16] to supply electricity to (the coils of a generator or motor) in order to create a magnetic field
[17] to supply a signal to a stage of an active electronic circuit
Words related to Exciting
intriguing, thrilling, impressive, interesting, breathtaking, astonishing, appealing, dramatic, flashy, lively, hectic, dangerous, moving, stimulating, provocative, overwhelming, bracing, rousing, arresting, overpowering
Words nearby Exciting
excited, excited state, excitement, exciter, exciter lamp, exciting, exciting eye, excito-, excitomotor, exciton, excitonics
Origin of Exciting
e1300–50; Middle English < Latin excitāre, equivalent to ex- ex-1 + citāre, frequentative of ciēre to set in motion
Other words from Exciting
ex·cit·ing·ly , adverb
non·ex·cit·ing , adjective
un·ex·cit·ing , adjective
pre·ex·cite , verb (used with object), pre·ex·cit·ed, pre·ex·cit·ing.
Word origin for Exciting
eC14: from Latin excitāre, from exciēre to stimulate, from ciēre to set in motion, rouse
Synonyms for Exciting
appealing, astonishing, breathtaking, dangerous, dramatic, flashy, hectic, impressive, interesting, intriguing, lively, moving, provocative, stimulating, thrilling, animating, arousing, arresting, bracing, commoving, electrifying, fine, impelling, intoxicating, overpowering, overwhelming, rousing, stirring, titillating, agitative, exhilarant, eye-popping, far-out, groovy, hair-raising, heady, melodramatic, mind-blowing, neat, racy, rip-roaring, sensational, showy, spine-tingling, wild, zestful