excitement (noun)

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

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  • 2excitement — excite ex‧cite [ɪkˈsaɪt] verb [transitive] to produce a lot of activity in a market, with a lot of people buying and selling stocks and shares: • The auditors excited the market again yesterday by reporting sharply higher profits for the group.… …

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  • 3excitement — noun ADJECTIVE ▪ considerable, extreme, great, high, intense, tremendous ▪ breathless, feverish, giddy (esp. AmE) …

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  • 4excitement — 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… …

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  • 5excitement — noun 1) the excitement of seeing a leopard in the wild Syn: thrill, pleasure, delight, joy; informal kick, buzz, charge, high 2) excitement in her eyes Syn: exhilaration, elation, animation, enthusiasm …

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  • 6excitement — noun 1) the excitement of seeing a leopard in the wild Syn: thrill, pleasure, delight, joy; informal buzz 2) excitement in her eyes Syn: exhilaration, elation, animation, enthusiasm, eagerness, anticipation …

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  • 7excitement — noun 1. the feeling of lively and cheerful joy (Freq. 9) he could hardly conceal his excitement when she agreed • Syn: ↑exhilaration • Derivationally related forms: ↑excite, ↑exhilarate (for: ↑ …

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  • 8excitement — noun Date: 1604 1. something that excites or rouses 2. the action of exciting ; the state of being excited …

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  • 9excitement — noun /ɪkˈsaɪtmənt/ a) the state of being excited (emotionally aroused). b) something that excites …

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  • 10excitement — noun a feeling of great enthusiasm and eagerness. ↘something exciting. ↘sexual arousal …

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