excited A1 Topic:Emotions & Feelings US /ɪkˈsaɪtɪd/ 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,... franticunrestrained More aboilaflutterampedatwittereagerenthusedfever-pitchedgassedgeekedgiddygripped ↔ Opposites boredbummeddisappointedunderwhelmedunexcited Word family Derived forms deexcitedexcimerexciplexexcitedlyexcitednesshyperexcitednervicitednervitednonexcitedoverexcitedsad-citedsadcited Related forms happynervous Common collocations easily excited Adverb + adjective Etymology AI details From excite + -ed. Topics Emotions & Feelings External links Cambridge Dictionary Wiktionary Google Images # excited **Type:** Word **Level:** A1 **Part of speech:** adj **IPA (US):** /ɪkˈsaɪtɪd/ **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 markdown