exciting

A1
US /ɪkˈsʌɪtɪŋ/
adj noun verb Freq #1854

Meanings

  1. 1
    adj

    creating or arousing excitement

    My employees told an exciting account of their work trip.

  2. 2
    adj

    stimulating interest and discussion

    an exciting novel

  3. 3
    adj

    Creating or producing excitement.

    Some of the most exciting games ever played have ended in draws.

  4. 4
    adj

    Sexually stimulating.

    Among the Turks, an exciting compound consists of olibanum, myrrh, camphor, musk, in pulverized form. The resultant perfume is said to affect the genitals.

  5. 5
    noun

    The process of something becoming excited; excitation.

    But parents and masters should make haste in this, as to a great purchase for their children and servants; which while they defer, both sides suffer; the one, in wanting many excitings of grace, the other, in being worse served and obeyed.

  6. 6
    verb

    present participle and gerund of excite

Thesaurus

Synonyms
absorbingalacrifyingawesomebangingbracingcompellingdistractingdramaticedge-of-the-seatelectricelectrifyingengrossing
Opposites
boringcalmingnonexcitingrelaxingrestfulunexcitingwearisome
Word family
Derived forms eggcitingexcitinglyexcitingnesshyperexcitingnonexcitingunexciting
Related forms enthusiasticthrill

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