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excited
/ɪkˈsaɪtəd/
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What does excited mean?
adjective
- Having great enthusiasm, passion and energy.
- Being in a state of higher energy.
- Having an erection; erect.
More meanings (2)
adjective
- Sexually aroused.
verb
- simple past and past participle of excite
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IPA pronunciation
/ɪkˈsaɪtəd/
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This last act Hepzibah now performed, letting the bar fall with what smote upon her excited nerves as a most astounding clatter.
The singular appearance of this cavalcade not only attracted the curiosity of Wamba, but excited even that of his less volatile companion.
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St. Clare had started up, and, as his manner was when excited, was walking, with hurried steps, up and down the floor.
As I walked up the endless stairs of the house in which Strickland lived, I confess that I was a little excited.
My Arabs were somewhat excited one day by discovering the fresh print of a foot—the foot, as they said, of a lion.