Definitions for excited

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excited ex·cit·ed

Spelling: [ik-sahy-tid]

IPA: /ɪkˈsaɪ tɪd/

Excited is a 7 letter English word. It's valid Scrabble word worth 17 points. It's valid Words with friends word worth 18 points.

You can make 97 anagrams from letters in excited (cdeeitx).

Definitions for excited

adjective

1. stirred emotionally; agitated:
2. stimulated to activity; brisk:

verb (used with object)

1. to arouse or stir up the emotions or feelings of:
2. to arouse or stir up (emotions or feelings):
3. to cause; awaken:
4. to stir to action; provoke or stir up:
5. Physiology. to stimulate:
6. Electricity. to supply with electricity for producing electric activity or a magnetic field:
7. Physics. to raise (an atom, molecule, etc.) to an excited state.

Origin of excited

First recorded in 1650-60; excite + -ed²

Examples for excited

The box was passed from hand to hand, and excited universal admiration.

Milza endeavoured, in her own artless way, to soothe the distress her words had excited.

They excite people, and primaries tend to be dominated by voters who are the most excited.

It seems impossible now, but I was excited even about the dinner.

excited, Shaheen wasted no time and began interviewing surgeons, deciding upon Dr. Curtis Crane in Greenbrae, California.

Are you excited, nervous, afraid, all of the above for the new Star Wars films?

They told me to lie quietly in bed this morning, but I'm not tired, not excited.

I hand him the script and with it a little speech about how excited and pleased I am with the work, blah-blah-blah.

This is a time of transition, but I am excited to work with our team—both new and old alike—as we pave a new way forward.

This so excited the admiration of Speusippus, that a love of philosophy was kindled within him.