EXCITED

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does excited mean? 

• EXCITED (adjective)
  The adjective EXCITED has 4 senses:

1. (of persons) excessively affected by emotion

2. in an aroused state

3. marked by uncontrolled excitement or emotion

4. (of e.g. a molecule) made reactive or more reactive

  Familiarity information: EXCITED used as an adjective is uncommon.

 Dictionary entry details 

• EXCITED (adjective)

Sense 1

Meaning:

(of persons) excessively affected by emotion

Synonyms:

aroused; emotional; excited; worked up

Context example:

she was worked up about all the noise

Similar:

agitated (troubled emotionally and usually deeply)

Sense 2

Meaning:

In an aroused state

Similar:

aflutter; nervous (excited in anticipation)

agog (highly excited by eagerness, curiosity, etc.)

crazy (possessed by inordinate excitement)

fevered (highly or nervously excited)

drunk; intoxicated (as if under the influence of alcohol)

overexcited (unduly excited)

aroused; stimulated; stirred; stirred up (emotionally aroused)

teased; titillated (feeling mild pleasurable excitement)

thrilled (feeling intense pleasurable excitement)

thrillful (full of excitement; thrilled)

Also:

agitated (troubled emotionally and usually deeply)

Antonym:

unexcited (not excited)

Sense 3

Meaning:

Marked by uncontrolled excitement or emotion

Synonyms:

delirious; excited; frantic; mad; unrestrained

Context example:

a mad whirl of pleasure

Similar:

wild (marked by extreme lack of restraint or control)

Sense 4

Meaning:

(of e.g. a molecule) made reactive or more reactive

Synonyms:

activated; excited

Similar:

reactive (participating readily in reactions)

Domain category:

natural philosophy; physics (the science of matter and energy and their interactions)

 Context examples 

She was back at her post in an instant, and to her excited eyes a great change seemed to have taken place.

(Little Women, by Louisa May Alcott)

Also, I am so excited to report that Mars, still in your earned income sector at this time of the month, will be in divine angle to that full moon.

(AstrologyZone.com, by Susan Miller)

My spirits were excited, and with pleasure and ease I talked to him during supper, and for a long time after.

(Jane Eyre, by Charlotte Brontë)

“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)

I had been unduly excited by the adventure of the tree, and sleep seemed to be impossible.

(The Lost World, 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)

I was too excited to sleep, but this diary has quieted me, and I feel I shall get some sleep to-night.

(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)

Lip-lip, excited by the chase and by the persistent nearness of his victim, forgot caution and locality.

(White Fang, by Jack London)