excitement en · NOUN
Pronunciation
Etymology
From Middle English excitement, from Old French excitement, equivalent to excite + -ment.
Meanings
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(uncountable) The state of being excited (emotionally aroused).
to get caught up in the excitement
Elise nodded, fighting the traitorous flutters of excitement in her stomach.
2013, Linda Skye, A Dance with Indecency:In 1825, the first public railway carried passengers across the English countryside, setting in motion not just an engineering revolution, but an industrial one too. Imagine the awe and excitement of those first passengers as they boarded the train, unaware that they were witnessing the dawn of a new era.
2025 October 1, Richard Evans, “The value of the railway effect”, in RAIL, number 1045, page 58:By late accounts from Rotterdam, that city seems to be in a high state of philosophical excitement.
1835, Edgar Allan Poe, The unparalleled adventure of one Hans Pfaal:
- (countable) Something that excites.
Forms
| Spelling | Features | Labels | Source |
|---|---|---|---|
| excitements | Number=Plur | lexicographic |
Deriveds
counterexcitement · hyperexcitement · overexcitement
Synonyms
Translations (60)
fi innostus (state of being excited) · no spenning (state of being excited) · uk збудження (state of being excited) · th ความตื่นเต้น (state of being excited) · hi उत्सुकता (state of being excited) · tr teheyyüç (state of being excited) · it eccitamento (state of being excited) · bn উত্তেজনা (state of being excited) · pl ekscytacja (state of being excited) · pl podekscytowanie (state of being excited) · az təlatüm (state of being excited) · de Aufgeregtheit (state of being excited) · eo eksciteco (state of being excited) · bg вълнение (state of being excited) · da ophidselse (state of being excited) · no opphisselse (state of being excited) · de Erregtheit (state of being excited) · gl emoción (state of being excited) · fi kiihtymys (state of being excited) · fi jännitys (state of being excited) · pt empolgação (state of being excited) · cs vzrušení (state of being excited) · nl opgewondenheid (state of being excited) · ka აგზნება (state of being excited) · lo ຄວາມຕື່ນເຕັ້ນ (state of being excited) · ka აღელვება (state of being excited) · it orgasmo (state of being excited) · fr excitation (state of being excited) · it fregola (state of being excited) · de Begeisterung (state of being excited) · cmn 興奮 /兴奋 (state of being excited) · de Erregung (state of being excited) · bg възбуда (state of being excited) · he הִתְפַּעֲלוּת (state of being excited) · tr heyecan (state of being excited) · la tumor (state of being excited) · ro excitare (state of being excited) · pl podniecenie (state of being excited) · ota جنبش (state of being excited) · ru волне́ние (state of being excited) · lb Opreegung (state of being excited) · cmn 激動 /激动 (state of being excited) · he הִתְרַגְּשׁוּת (state of being excited) · az həyacan (state of being excited) · de Spannung (state of being excited) · ca excitació (state of being excited) · sh uzbuđénje (state of being excited) · mk возбуда (state of being excited) · de Aufregung (state of being excited) · pt excitação (state of being excited) · ru аза́рт (state of being excited) · hi उत्तेजना (state of being excited) · de Reiz (state of being excited) · es emoción (state of being excited) · bn হুজুগ (state of being excited) · hu izgalom (state of being excited) · ka აღტკინება (state of being excited) · ro excitație (state of being excited) · ga ardú (state of being excited) · sw msisimuko (state of being excited)