excited Meaning, Definition & Usage

1. verb arouse or elicit a feeling
   excite.
   
2. verb act as a stimulant
   excite; stimulate.
   
   • The book stimulated her imagination
   • This play stimulates
3. verb stir feelings in
   stir; excite; stimulate.
   
   • stimulate my appetite
   • excite the audience
   • stir emotions
4. verb cause to be agitated, excited, or roused
   commove; turn on; excite; charge up; agitate; charge; rouse.
   
   • The speaker charged up the crowd with his inflammatory remarks
5. verb stimulate sexually
   turn on; arouse; excite; wind up; sex.
   
   • This movie usually arouses the male audience
6. verb stir the feelings, emotions, or peace of
   stir; shake up; excite; stimulate; shake.
   
   • These stories shook the community
   • the civil war shook the country
7. verb raise to a higher energy level
   energise; excite; energize.
   
   • excite the atoms
8. verb produce a magnetic field in
   excite.
   
   • excite the neurons
9. adjective satellite (of persons) excessively affected by emotion
   emotional; aroused; worked up.
   
   • he would become emotional over nothing at all
   • she was worked up about all the noise
10. adjective in an aroused state
    
11. adjective satellite marked by uncontrolled excitement or emotion
    unrestrained; mad; frantic; delirious.
    
    • a crowd of delirious baseball fans
    • something frantic in their gaiety
    • a mad whirl of pleasure
12. adjective satellite (of e.g. a molecule) made reactive or more reactive
    activated.
    

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