Word Finder - excited

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To stir the emotions of.

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The fireworks which opened the festivities excited anyone present.

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To arouse or bring out (e.g. feelings); to stimulate.

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Favoritism tends to excite jealousy in the ones not being favored.

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To cause an electron to move to a higher than normal state; to promote an electron to an outer level.

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By applying electric potential to the neon atoms, the electrons become excited, then emit a photon when returning to normal.

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To energize (an electromagnet); to produce a magnetic field in.

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to excite a dynamo

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Having great enthusiasm.

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He was very excited about his promotion.

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Being in a state of higher energy.

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The excited electrons give off light when they drop to a lower energy state.

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Having an erection; erect.

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Sexually aroused.

He'd been so excited about his phone.

I'm too excited to remember!

She turned excited eyes to her father.

Little feet pounded across the living room into the kitchen and Destiny interrupted them in an excited voice.

Jonathan was so excited that he couldn't stop talking about her.

You seem excited about it.

The excited faces of the soldiers were blackened with it.

This discovery excited him.

Their faces all looked excited and worried.

You guys excited about shopping Saturday?

How can we not be excited about the possibilities this offers?

Was he excited or scared by the idea?

I was so excited that I couldn't sleep, so I got up and dressed.

I guess I'm even a little bit excited by the challenge.

When I heard he was your father, I was so excited that I finally had a father-in-law that I could talk to.

She was very much excited when we went upstairs; so I tried to interest her in a curious insect called a stick-bug.

Natasha saw and felt the agitation the two elderly men and her brother were trying to conceal, and was herself excited by it.

The entire town wouldn't have been more excited if the New Year's Rose Parade had come to little Ouray.

His face was excited as he held out the contents of his hands.

As children, we had all these things we liked to do that interested and excited us.

She gave an excited wave and quickened her step.

He glanced with pity at the excited face of Ilyin, who talked much and in great agitation.

Petya's eyes grew bloodshot, and still more excited by the danger of being crushed, he rushed at the biscuits.

I doubt if he is as excited about it as you are.

Excited to see that even this world had video games, she sat in the chair behind the buttons and screen, studying all three in an attempt to figure out how the game worked.

That's why we were so excited to come out here, to visit where it really happened!

She was as excited as the night I proposed.

Excited and nervous, Kiera crossed to it and waved her armband over the access pad.

At least he was finally making an effort to see his sister - and Katie was actually excited about his visit.

He's as excited as a kid that's just discovered why girls are different.

Boris was excited by the thought of being so close to the higher powers as he felt himself to be at that moment.

Rostov, in dismay, began justifying himself, but seeing the kindly, jocular face of the general, he took him aside and in an excited voice told him the whole affair, asking him to intercede for Denisov, whom the general knew.

It now made sense how Ully had been able to free them and talk Jared into letting them go.  Toby had been too excited to find their escape too easy at the time, but now, he realized it was … weird.  He'd failed again.  He couldn't even escape on his own.

He might have questioned why it still embarrassed her, if it hadn't been for the fact that he was busy questioning why her reaction still excited him.

His appointment as rector of a school at Buda was of no long continuance; his views excited the zeal of the Dominicans and he was thrown into prison.

So this is the meaning of her excited, resolute, unnatural look the day before yesterday, yesterday, and today, thought Sonya.

Natasha with animated and excited face was telling him how she had gone to look for mushrooms the previous summer and had lost her way in the big forest.

Excited and vexed by the failure and supposing that someone must be responsible for it, Toll galloped up to the commander of the corps and began upbraiding him severely, saying that he ought to be shot.

Cynthia went on to say Fred had been excited by her translation of Annie's notebook and had left in a rush.

Near at hand they only excited my pity.

The early days of the war being unsuccessful, the proclamation of the duke of Brunswick excited all hearts; who could go to save France on the frontiers and leave Paris in the hands of his enemies?

The convention excited violent opposition at Turin, in consequence of which Minghetti was obliged to resign office.

Various Jacobite appointments excited suspicion.

In consequence of the alarm excited by this appearance of plague upon European soil, most European governments sent special commissions to the spot.

But the proof that his scheme was the work of a great poet does not depend merely upon the artistic unity which excited the wonder of Aristotle.

In December 1741, Elizabeth, daughter of Peter the Great, who, from her habits, was a favourite with the soldiers, excited the guards to revolt, overcame the slight opposition that was offered, and was proclaimed empress.

Despite his apparently delicate build Prince Andrew could endure physical fatigue far better than many very muscular men, and on the night of the battle, having arrived at Krems excited but not weary, with dispatches from Dokhturov to Kutuzov, he was sent immediately with a special dispatch to Brunn.

Allowing too much time to reminisce before moving makes it harder for a child to be excited about their new home.

If so, you're probably feeling excited and terrified at the same time.

Having a baby was something they should be excited about - talking about to others.