Excitement

  • 1Excitement — Ex*cite ment . [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… …

    The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

  • 2excitement — index ardor, commotion, furor, interest (concern), passion, provocation, turmoil Burton s Legal Thesaurus …

    Law dictionary

  • 3excitement — early 15c., encouragement; c.1600, something that tends to excite, from EXCITE (Cf. excite) + MENT (Cf. ment). Meaning condition of mental and emotional agitation is from 1846 …

    Etymology dictionary

  • 4excitement — [n] enthusiasm; incitement action, activity, ado, adventure, agitation, animation, bother, buzz*, commotion, confusion, discomposure, disturbance, dither*, drama, elation, emotion, excitation, feeling, ferment, fever, flurry, frenzy, furor, fuss …

    New thesaurus

  • 5excitement — ► NOUN 1) a feeling of great enthusiasm and eagerness. 2) something that arouses such a feeling. 3) sexual arousal …

    English terms dictionary

  • 6excitement — [ek sīt′mənt, iksīt′mənt] n. [ME < OFr] 1. an exciting or being excited; agitation 2. something that excites …

    English World dictionary

  • 7excitement — noun ADJECTIVE ▪ considerable, extreme, great, high, intense, tremendous ▪ breathless, feverish, giddy (esp. AmE) …

    Collocations dictionary

  • 8excitement — ex|cite|ment W3S3 [ıkˈsaıtmənt] n 1.) [U] the feeling of being excited ▪ The news caused great excitement among scientists. ▪ sexual excitement excitement of ▪ the excitement of becoming a parent excitement at ▪ children filled with excitement at …

    Dictionary of contemporary English

  • 9excitement — n. 1) to arouse, create, stir up excitement 2) to feel excitement 3) considerable, great, intense; mounting excitement 4) excitement builds (to a climax); mounts 5) excitement about, at, over * * * [ɪk saɪtmənt] at create great intense …

    Combinatory dictionary

  • 10excitement — noun 1 (U) the feeling of being excited: squeals of excitement (+ of): The new job held none of the excitement of her career in the police. (+ at): their excitement at the discovery | The news that Ms Street had eloped with Jean caused great… …

    Longman dictionary of contemporary English