EXCITE

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does excite mean? 

• EXCITE (verb)
  The verb EXCITE has 8 senses:

1. arouse or elicit a feeling

2. act as a stimulant

3. stir feelings in

4. cause to be agitated, excited, or roused

5. stimulate sexually

6. stir the feelings, emotions, or peace of

7. raise to a higher energy level

8. produce a magnetic field in

  Familiarity information: EXCITE used as a verb is common.

 Dictionary entry details 

• EXCITE (verb)

Conjugation:

Sense 1

Meaning:

Arouse or elicit a feeling

Classified under:

Verbs of feeling

Hypernyms (to "excite" is one way to...):

arouse; elicit; enkindle; evoke; fire; kindle; provoke; raise (call forth (emotions, feelings, and responses))

Troponyms (each of the following is one way to "excite"):

enthuse (cause to feel enthusiasm)

Sentence frames:

Somebody ----s somebody
Something ----s somebody

Derivation:

excitation (the state of being emotionally aroused and worked up)

excitement (the feeling of lively and cheerful joy)

excitement (the state of being emotionally aroused and worked up)

Sense 2

Meaning:

Act as a stimulant

Classified under:

Verbs of size, temperature change, intensifying, etc.

Synonyms:

excite; stimulate

Context example:

This play stimulates

Hypernyms (to "excite" is one way to...):

affect; bear on; bear upon; impact; touch; touch on (have an effect upon)

Troponyms (each of the following is one way to "excite"):

innervate (stimulate to action)

irritate (excite to some characteristic action or condition, such as motion, contraction, or nervous impulse, by the application of a stimulus)

invigorate; quicken (give life or energy to)

Sentence frames:

Something ----s
Somebody ----s something
Somebody ----s somebody
Something ----s somebody
Something ----s something

Derivation:

excitant ((of drugs e.g.) able to excite or stimulate)

excitation (something that agitates and arouses)

excitatory ((of drugs e.g.) able to excite or stimulate)

excitement (something that agitates and arouses)

Sense 3

Meaning:

Stir feelings in

Classified under:

Verbs of seeing, hearing, feeling

Synonyms:

excite; stimulate; stir

Context example:

stir emotions

Hypernyms (to "excite" is one way to...):

sensitise; sensitize (cause to sense; make sensitive)

Troponyms (each of the following is one way to "excite"):

fuck off; jack off; jerk off; masturbate; she-bop; wank (get sexual gratification through self-stimulation)

masturbate (stimulate sexually)

horripilate (cause (someone's) hair to stand on end and to have goosebumps)

work (provoke or excite)

blow; fellate; go down on; suck (provide sexual gratification through oral stimulation)

thrill (cause to be thrilled by some perceptual input)

quicken; whet (make keen or more acute)

disgust; gross out; repel; revolt (fill with distaste)

Sentence frames:

Somebody ----s something
Somebody ----s somebody
Something ----s somebody

Derivation:

excitant ((of drugs e.g.) able to excite or stimulate)

excitation; excitement (the state of being emotionally aroused and worked up)

Sense 4

Meaning:

Cause to be agitated, excited, or roused

Classified under:

Verbs of feeling

Synonyms:

agitate; charge; charge up; commove; excite; rouse; turn on

Context example:

The speaker charged up the crowd with his inflammatory remarks

Hypernyms (to "excite" is one way to...):

disturb; trouble; upset (move deeply)

Troponyms (each of the following is one way to "excite"):

hype up; psych up (get excited or stimulated)

electrify (excite suddenly and intensely)

pother (make upset or troubled)

bother (make nervous or agitated)

Sentence frames:

Somebody ----s somebody
Something ----s somebody

Sentence examples:

The bad news will excite him
The good news will excite her

Derivation:

excitant ((of drugs e.g.) able to excite or stimulate)

excitement (something that agitates and arouses)

Sense 5

Meaning:

Stimulate sexually

Classified under:

Verbs of feeling

Synonyms:

arouse; excite; sex; turn on; wind up

Context example:

This movie usually arouses the male audience

Hypernyms (to "excite" is one way to...):

excite; shake; shake up; stimulate; stir (stir the feelings, emotions, or peace of)

Troponyms (each of the following is one way to "excite"):

tempt (try to seduce)

Sentence frames:

Somebody ----s somebody
Something ----s somebody

Sentence example:

The performance is likely to excite Sue

Sense 6

Meaning:

Stir the feelings, emotions, or peace of

Classified under:

Verbs of feeling

Synonyms:

excite; shake; shake up; stimulate; stir

Context example:

the civil war shook the country

Hypernyms (to "excite" is one way to...):

arouse; elicit; enkindle; evoke; fire; kindle; provoke; raise (call forth (emotions, feelings, and responses))

Troponyms (each of the following is one way to "excite"):

fuel (stimulate)

arouse; excite; sex; turn on; wind up (stimulate sexually)

affright; fright; frighten; scare (cause fear in)

thrill; tickle; vibrate (feel sudden intense sensation or emotion)

invite; tempt (give rise to a desire by being attractive or inviting)

elate; intoxicate; lift up; pick up; uplift (fill with high spirits; fill with optimism)

animate; enliven; exalt; inspire; invigorate (heighten or intensify)

titillate (excite pleasurably or erotically)

Sentence frames:

Somebody ----s something
Somebody ----s somebody
Something ----s somebody
Something ----s something

Sentence example:

The performance is likely to excite Sue

Derivation:

excitation; excitement (the state of being emotionally aroused and worked up)

Sense 7

Meaning:

Raise to a higher energy level

Classified under:

Verbs of size, temperature change, intensifying, etc.

Synonyms:

energise; energize; excite

Context example:

excite the atoms

Hypernyms (to "excite" is one way to...):

alter; change; modify (cause to change; make different; cause a transformation)

Sentence frames:

Somebody ----s something
Something ----s something

Derivation:

excitatory ((of drugs e.g.) able to excite or stimulate)

Sense 8

Meaning:

Produce a magnetic field in

Classified under:

Verbs of size, temperature change, intensifying, etc.

Context example:

excite the neurons

Hypernyms (to "excite" is one way to...):

alter; change; modify (cause to change; make different; cause a transformation)

Sentence frames:

Somebody ----s something
Something ----s something

Derivation:

excitation (the neural or electrical arousal of an organ or muscle or gland)

 Context examples 

The young wolves see the fresh sign, too, and they are much excited. 'Hurry!' they say. All the time they say, 'Hurry! Faster, Charley, faster!'

(Love of Life and Other Stories, by Jack London)

I think you will find, said Sherlock Holmes, that you will play for a higher stake to-night than you have ever done yet, and that the play will be more exciting.

(The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes, by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle)

A long and trying and exciting day.

(Dracula, by Bram Stoker)

I was growing excited, but she interrupted me with an “Oh, I see,” and her voice sounded weary.

(The Sea-Wolf, by Jack London)

“Tell me,” said Holmes—and I could see by his eyes that he was much excited—“was this a mere addition to the first or did it appear to be entirely separate?”

(The Return of Sherlock Holmes, by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle)

Nor did she dream that the feeling he excited in her was love.

(Martin Eden, by Jack London)

I was able at last to persuade my companion to take my advice, though I knew from his excited manner that there was not much hope of sleep for him.

(The Memoirs of Sherlock Holmes, by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle)

How Beth got excited, and skipped and sang with joy.

(Little Women, by Louisa May Alcott)

That's the row they make when they are excited.

(The Lost World, by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle)

But Mrs. Gummidge was not the only person there who was unusually excited.

(David Copperfield, by Charles Dickens)