excited
adjective
uk/ɪkˈsaɪ.tɪd/us/ɪkˈsaɪ.t̬ɪd/excitedadjective(PERSON)
A1
feelingveryhappyandenthusiastic:
兴奋的；激动的An excitedcrowdwaitedfor thesingertoarrive.一群人怀着激动的心情等待着歌星的到来。
Are you getting excitedaboutyourholiday?要去度假了你是不是很兴奋啊？
He said he is excitedtoreturntoSanDiego.
I was excitedthathe was coming tovisit.
She's excitedatthechancetosharewhat she'slearnedwithothers.
informal"Are you excitedforyourfirstOscarnomination?" sheasked.
Compare
unexcited
Synonyms
thrilled
worked up
feeling happy and enthusiastic
- excitedThe kids are really excited about going on holiday.
- thrilledWe were thrilled to hear our first grandchild had been born.
- pumpedUSThe players were pumped that they were going to finals.
- jazzedUSShe's totally jazzed that she gets to go on the cruise.
- exhilaratedI've never seen fans so exhilarated by a win.
- overexcitedThe kids were overexcited and starting to play up.
eager to do or have something
- eagerShe was eager to help.
- excitedThe children were very excited to go to the zoo.
- avidHe took an avid interest in the project.
- enthusiasticHe was very enthusiastic about the idea of moving to Spain.
- be dying for/to doI'm dying for a glass of water
- raring toI've bought all the paint and I'm raring to get started on the decorating.
be nothing to get excited about
to not beespeciallygood:
It's acompetentenough firstnovelbut nothing to get excited about.
- Nowonderthechildrenare excited, - this is the firsttimethey've beenabroad.
- They were really excited about theproject, but now theyseemto havelostinterestin it now.
- I wasquiteexcited at theideaofleavinghome, but I was abitfrightenedtoo.
- Agroupof excitedteenagersclimbedonto thetrainwith alltheirluggage.
- Thekidswere so excited onChristmasEveit wasdifficultfor them to get tosleep.
Excited, interested and enthusiastic
- ablaze
- aflame
- aflutter
- agog
- all of a flutteridiom
- amped
- animated
- entranced
- evangelical
- evangelistic
- excitedly
- exhilarated
- fevered
- go ahead
- heartily
- mood
- nuts
- omnivorous
- on the edge ofyourseatidiom
- orientated
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Quite good, or not very good
excitedadjective(PHYSICS)
physicsspecialized
(of anatom, etc.) in ahigherthannormalstateofenergy:
When anelectronreverts from an excited to an unexcitedstate, it gives outlight.
Opposite
unexcited
- He and hiscolleaguesat Cambridge University didpioneeringworkon thespeedwith which excitedatomsreactedwithsimplemoleculessuch ashydrogen.
- In thispaperheproposedthat aphotonofenergy, orlight, might beemittedby excitedatoms.
- Energy isabsorbedbyatomsof thesubstance, whichraisestheelectronsto an excitedstate.
- Thisradiationis theresultoftransitionsfrom high-energy excitedstatesto lower-energystatesinatomicnuclei.
Physics: energy, force & power
- anti-gravity
- attract
- attraction
- bar magnet
- barometric pressure
- dynamo
- fundamental force
- G-force
- gravitational
- high-impact
- incident
- meltdown
- propulsion
- stored energy
- surface tension
- thermodynamic
- transduce
- transduction
- unexcited
- unipolar
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Physics: atoms, molecules & sub-atomic particles