'Excitement' definitions:
Definition of 'excitement'
(from WordNet)
noun
The feeling of lively and cheerful joy; "he could hardly conceal his excitement when she agreed" [syn: exhilaration, excitement]
noun
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" [syn: excitement, excitation, inflammation, fervor, fervour]
noun
Something that agitates and arouses; "he looked forward to the excitements of the day" [syn: excitation, excitement]
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Definition of 'Excitement'
From: GCIDE
- Excitement \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. [1913 Webster]
- 2. That which excites or rouses; that which moves, stirs, or induces action; a motive. [1913 Webster]
- The cares and excitements of a season of transition and struggle. --Talfowrd. [1913 Webster]
- 3. (Physiol.) A state of aroused or increased vital activity in an organism, or any of its organs or tissues. [1913 Webster]
Synonyms of 'excitement'
From: Moby Thesaurus
- 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