excitement (noun)

  • 71tension — noun 1 inability to relax ADJECTIVE ▪ inner ▪ emotional, nervous, sexual ▪ He suffers from nervous tension. ▪ muscle, muscular …

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  • 72terror — noun 1 great fear ADJECTIVE ▪ abject, absolute, pure, real, sheer, utter ▪ constant VERB + TERROR ▪ …

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  • 73town — noun 1 place with many streets and buildings ADJECTIVE ▪ big, large, major ▪ little, small, tiny (esp. AmE) ▪ nearby, neighbouring/n …

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  • 74fuss — noun 1》 a display of unnecessary or excessive excitement, activity, or interest. 2》 a protest or complaint. verb 1》 show unnecessary or excessive concern. 2》 Brit. disturb or bother. 3》 treat (someone) with excessive attention or affection.… …

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  • 75orbit — noun 1》 the regularly repeated elliptical course of a celestial object or spacecraft about a star or planet.     ↘the path of an electron round an atomic nucleus. 2》 a field of activity or influence: they brought many friends within the orbit of… …

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  • 76pornography — noun printed or visual material intended to stimulate sexual excitement. Derivatives pornographer noun pornographic adjective pornographically adverb Origin C19: from Gk pornographos writing about prostitutes …

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  • 77zest — noun 1》 great enthusiasm and energy.     ↘excitement or piquancy. 2》 the outer coloured part of the peel of citrus fruit, used as flavouring. Derivatives zestful adjective zestfully adverb zestfulness noun zesty adjective Origin C15: from Fr …

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  • 78glue-sniffing — noun (U) the habit of breathing in gases from glues or similar substances in order to produce an artificial state of excitement: solvent abuse glue sniffer noun (C) …

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  • 79peace dividend — noun (singular) the money saved on weapons and available for other purposes, when a government reduces its military strength peaceful / pi:sfl/ adjective 1 quiet and calm without any worry or excitement: We had a peaceful afternoon without the… …

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  • 80catatonic schizophrenia — noun a form of schizophrenia characterized by a tendency to remain in a fixed stuporous state for long periods; the catatonia may give way to short periods of extreme excitement • Syn: ↑catatonic type schizophrenia, ↑catatonia • Derivationally… …

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