excitement (noun)

  • 21excited — 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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  • 22scamper — verb run with quick light steps, especially through fear or excitement. noun an act of scampering. Origin C17: prob. from scamp2 …

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  • 23re-excite — /ri əkˈsaɪt/ (say ree uhk suyt), / ɛk / (say ek ) verb (t) (re excited, re exciting) to excite, arouse, or stimulate again. –re excitement, noun …

  • 24scamper — ► VERB ▪ run with quick light steps, especially through fear or excitement. ► NOUN ▪ an act of scampering. ORIGIN probably from SCAMP(Cf. ↑scampish) …

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  • 25fever pitch — noun a state of extreme excitement the crowd was at fever pitch • Hypernyms: ↑excitement, ↑excitation, ↑inflammation, ↑fervor, ↑fervour * * * noun : a state of extreme excitement or activity [singular] I worked mys …

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  • 26gold fever — noun greed and the contagious excitement of a gold rush • Hypernyms: ↑fever * * * noun : the contagious excitement of a gold rush * * * greed and excitement caused by a gold rush. [1840 50] …

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  • 27drama — noun 1 play for the theatre/theater, etc.; plays ADJECTIVE ▪ compelling, powerful ▪ gritty, hard hitting ▪ a gritty police drama ▪ classical …

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  • 28fever — noun 1 (C, U) an illness or a medical condition in which you have a very high temperature: He s in bed with a fever. | Take some aspirin it ll help the fever to go down. see also: hay fever, scarlet fever, yellow fever 2 (singular) a situation in …

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  • 29exhilaration — noun the feeling of lively and cheerful joy he could hardly conceal his excitement when she agreed • Syn: ↑excitement • Derivationally related forms: ↑excite (for: ↑excitement), ↑exhilarate …

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  • 30fervor — noun 1. feelings of great warmth and intensity (Freq. 1) he spoke with great ardor • Syn: ↑ardor, ↑ardour, ↑fervour, ↑fervency, ↑fire, ↑fervidness …

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