excited

A1 Topic:Emotions & Feelings

US /ɪkˈsaɪtɪd/ UK /ɪkˈsaɪ.tɪd/ See IPA manual

Freq #1302

Meanings

1

adj
Feeling very happy and eager about something that is going to happen.

The children were excited about going to the zoo.
2

adj
In a state of strong, hard-to-control emotion.

The crowd grew excited as the players ran onto the pitch.

Thesaurus

Synonyms

1 adj · feeling very happy and... enthusiastic

2 adj · in a state of strong,... frantic unrestrained

More aboil aflutterampedatwittereager enthusedfever-pitchedgassedgeekedgiddy gripped

Opposites

bored bummed disappointedunderwhelmedunexcited

Word family

Derived forms deexcitedexcimerexciplexexcitedlyexcitednesshyperexcitednervicitednervitednonexcitedoverexcitedsad-citedsadcited

Related forms happy nervous

Appears in

Phrases (1)

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easily excited
quick to become eager or emotionally stirred

Adverb + adjective

Etymology

From excite + -ed.

Topics

Emotions & Feelings

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# excited

**Type:** Word
**Level:** A1
**Part of speech:** adj
**IPA (US):** /ɪkˈsaɪtɪd/
**IPA (UK):** /ɪkˈsaɪ.tɪd/
**Frequency rank:** 1302

## Meanings
1. Feeling very happy and eager about something that is going to happen.
2. In a state of strong, hard-to-control emotion.

## Examples
- The children were excited about going to the zoo.
- The crowd grew excited as the players ran onto the pitch.

## Synonyms
- aboil
- aflutter
- amped
- atwitter
- eager
- enthused
- enthusiastic
- fever-pitched
- gassed
- geeked
- giddy
- gripped

## Antonyms
- bored
- bummed
- disappointed
- underwhelmed
- unexcited

## Derived Forms
- deexcited
- excimer
- exciplex
- excitedly
- excitedness
- hyperexcited
- nervicited
- nervited
- nonexcited
- overexcited
- sad-cited
- sadcited

## Related Forms
- happy
- nervous

## Etymology
From excite + -ed.

## AI Etymology
Excited is formed from excite + -ed. In current use, the main senses are “Feeling very happy and eager about something that is going to happen” and “In a state of strong, hard-to-control emotion”.

## Topics
- Emotions & Feelings

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