Definition of excitement

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Excitement (n.) The act of exciting, or the state of being roused into action, or of having increased action; impulsion; agitation; as, an excitement of the people..

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Nervous :: Nervous (a.) Having the nerves weak, diseased, or easily excited; subject to, or suffering from, undue excitement of the nerves; easily agitated or annoyed..
Susceptible :: Susceptibility (n.) Specifically, capacity for deep feeling or emotional excitement; sensibility, in its broadest acceptation; impressibility; sensitiveness..
Fume :: Fume (n.) Rage or excitement which deprives the mind of self-control; as, the fumes of passion..
Passive :: Passive (a.) Receiving or enduring without either active sympathy or active resistance; without emotion or excitement; patient; not opposing; unresisting; as, passive obedience; passive submission..
Emotion :: Emotion (n.) A moving of the mind or soul; excitement of the feelings, whether pleasing or painful; disturbance or agitation of mind caused by a specific exciting cause and manifested by some sensible effect on the body..
Tumult :: Tumult (n.) Irregular or confused motion; agitation; high excitement; as, the tumult of the spirits or passions..
Inflammation :: Inflammation (n.) Violent excitement; heat; passion; animosity; turbulence; as, an inflammation of the mind, of the body politic, or of parties..
Foment :: Foment (v. t.) To nurse to life or activity; to cherish and promote by excitements; to encourage; to abet; to instigate; -- used often in a bad sense; as, to foment ill humors..
Calm :: Calm (n.) To deliver from agitation or excitement; to still or soothe, as the mind or passions..
Cool :: Cool (v. i.) To lose the heat of excitement or passion; to become more moderate.
Erection :: Erection (n.) The act of erecting, or raising upright; the act of constructing, as a building or a wall, or of fitting together the parts of, as a machine; the act of founding or establishing, as a commonwealth or an office; also, the act of rousing to excitement or courage..
Rave :: Rave (v. i.) To talk with unreasonable enthusiasm or excessive passion or excitement; -- followed by about, of, or on; as, he raved about her beauty..
Excitable :: Excitable (a.) Capable of being excited, or roused into action; susceptible of excitement; easily stirred up, or stimulated..
Rapture :: Rapture (n.) The state or condition of being rapt, or carried away from one's self by agreeable excitement; violence of a pleasing passion; extreme joy or pleasure; ecstasy..
Hyperbole :: Hyperbole (n.) A figure of speech in which the expression is an evident exaggeration of the meaning intended to be conveyed, or by which things are represented as much greater or less, better or worse, than they really are; a statement exaggerated fancifully, through excitement, or for effect..
Excitement :: Excitement (n.) A state of aroused or increased vital activity in an organism, or any of its organs or tissues..
Phrensy :: Phrensy (n.) Violent and irrational excitement; delirium. See Frenzy.
Still :: Still (a.) To appease; to calm; to quiet, as tumult, agitation, or excitement; as, to still the passions..
Peaceable :: Peaceable (a.) Begin in or at peace; tranquil; quiet; free from, or not disposed to, war, disorder, or excitement; not quarrelsome..
Rhapsodist :: Rhapsodist (n.) One who writes or speaks disconnectedly and with great excitement or affectation of feeling.
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