excitement (noun)
91buck fever — noun Date: 1841 nervous excitement of an inexperienced hunter at the sight of game …
92commotion — noun Etymology: Middle English, from Anglo French commocion, from Latin commotion , commotio, from commovēre Date: 15th century 1. a condition of civil unrest or insurrection 2. steady or recurrent motion 3. mental excitement or …
93delirium — noun Etymology: Latin, from delirare to be crazy, literally, to leave the furrow (in plowing), from de + lira furrow more at learn Date: circa 1563 1. an acute mental disturbance characterized by confused thinking and disrupted attention usually… …
94electricity — noun (plural ties) Date: 1646 1. a. a fundamental form of energy observable in positive and negative forms that occurs naturally (as in lightning) or is produced (as in a generator) and that is expressed in terms of the movement and interaction… …
95emotion — noun Etymology: Middle French, from emouvoir to stir up, from Old French esmovoir, from Latin emovēre to remove, displace, from e + movēre to move Date: 1579 1. a. obsolete disturbance b. excitement 2. a. the affective aspect of …
96enthusiasm — noun Etymology: Greek enthousiasmos, from enthousiazein to be inspired, irregular from entheos inspired, from en + theos god Date: 1603 1. a. belief in special revelations of the Holy Spirit b. religious fanaticism 2. a. strong excitement of… …
97excitation — noun Date: 14th century excitement; especially the disturbed or altered condition resulting from stimulation of an individual, organ, tissue, or cell …
98false alarm — noun Date: 1578 1. an alarm (as a fire or burglar alarm) that is set off needlessly 2. one causing alarm or excitement that proves to be unfounded …
99feeze — noun Etymology: Middle English veze, from fesen, vesen to drive away more at faze Date: 14th century 1. chiefly dialect rush 2. dialect a state of alarm or excitement …
100fever pitch — noun Date: 1846 a state of intense excitement and agitation …
