excited
[adjective]
Synonyms: intoxicated, elated, exhilarated, turned-on

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Antonyms: unexcited
Contrasted words: apathetic, unmoved, deflated
Related Idioms: all fired up, all of a twitter, beside oneself
Related Words: animated, atwitter, agitated, charged (up), inflamed, pink, delighted, enthusiastic

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English Thesaurus: excited, thrilled, exhilarated, look forward to something, can’t wait to do something, ...

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ex‧cit‧ed /ɪkˈsaɪtəd, ɪkˈsaɪtɪd/ adjective
[Word Family: adjective: excitable, excited, exciting ≠ unexciting, excitable; noun: excitement, excitability; adverb: excitedly, excitingly; verb: excite]

1. happy, interested, or hopeful because something good has happened or will happen:
Steve flies home tomorrow – we’re all really excited.
excited about
Maria’s starting to get pretty excited about the wedding.
excited by/at
We’re all excited by the prospect of a party.
excited to do something
Michelle sounded excited to hear from him.
excited (that)
I’m so excited that we’re going to New York.
The food was nothing to get excited about (=not very good or special).
excited crowds of shoppers

2. very nervous and upset about something so that you cannot relax
excited about
There’s no point getting excited about it. We can’t change things.

3. feeling sexual desire
—excitedly adverb:
People had gathered and were talking excitedly.

[TahlilGaran] Dictionary of Contemporary English ▲

excited
adj.
VERBS be, feel, look, seem, sound | become, get, grow | get sb Don't get the children too excited.
ADV. all, extraordinarily, extremely, highly, really, terribly, tremendously, very, wildly He was all excited about his new car. By now the crowd was wildly excited.
increasingly | a bit, a little, pretty, quite, rather | strangely | sexually
PREP. about The kids seem pretty excited about the holiday.
at excited at the news
by He was puzzled but strangely excited by the commotion.

[TahlilGaran] Collocations Dictionary ▲

excited feeling happy, especially about something good that has happened or is going to happen:
He’s excited about his new job.
The kids always get excited on their birthday.
An excited crowd watched their team win 3–0.
When we get home, the dogs are always excited to see us.
Doctors are very excited by the discovery.
thrilled /θrɪld/ [not before noun] very excited and pleased:
She was thrilled to hear that you were in London.
I was thrilled when they told me that I’d got a place on the course.
exhilarated /ɪɡˈzɪləreɪtəd, ɪɡˈzɪləreɪtɪd/ [not before noun] very excited and full of energy, especially because you are experiencing something new or something that involves risks:
She felt exhilarated by her new freedom.
The climb left him feeling exhilarated.
look forward to something to feel excited about something good that is going to happen and to think about it a lot:
The kids are looking forward to their vacation – they’ve never been to California before.
She’s really looking forward to meeting him.
can’t wait to do something especially spoken to be very excited about something good that is going to happen:
I can’t wait to see him again.
on the edge of your seat extremely excited and interested when you are watching a film, game etc, because you do not know what is going to happen next:
I was on the edge of my seat throughout the movie.
The game kept fans on the edge of their seats.
on tenterhooks /ˈtentəhʊks $ -ər-/ very excited and nervous because you are waiting to find out what has happened:
Don’t keep us on tenterhooks! Did you pass your test?
rapturous [usually before noun] especially written rapturous behaviour shows that a large group of people are extremely excited and pleased:
They received a rapturous welcome.
He came on the stage to rapturous applause (=everyone was clapping and cheering).

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