excitedex‧cit‧ed /ɪkˈsaɪtɪd/ ●●● S2 adjective 
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 shoppers2very nervous and upset about something so that you cannot relaxexcited about There’s no point getting excited about it. We can’t change things.3feeling sexual desire—excitedly adverb: People had gathered and were talking excitedly.THESAURUSexcited 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 /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).
EXAMPLES FROM OTHER DICTIONARIES
- As she kissed him, he became more and more excited.
- crowds of excited football fans
- Doctors are very excited by the discovery.
- He was getting sexually excited, and his breathing became short and fast.
- How can you be so excited about a stupid computer game?
- Police tried to hold back the excited crowd.
- Steve's coming home tomorrow - we're all really excited.
- When Mattie gets excited, she starts talking really fast.
- When we get home, the dogs are always excited to see us.
- At first, Robert's father had got quite excited.
- Don't get excited or you might be thumped, intellectually at least.
- He estimated the separation between the stripes of excited neurones from reported hallucinations to be 2 millimetres.
- It was indecent, surely, to stand like this, in public, and feel so alive and so excited?
- My husband came back excited and said he would be going out again late in the evening.
- The excited delegates ran to the rail.
- When I finally accepted that I create my own reality, I was excited but scared.
THESAURUS
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.
[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.
[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.
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.
especially spoken to be very excited about something good that is going to happen: · I can’t wait to see him again.
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.
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?
[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).
Longman Language Activatorfeeling excited about something feeling happy and full of energy, especially about something good that has happened or is going to happen: · Steve's coming home tomorrow - we're all really excited.· crowds of excited football fansexcited about: · How can you be so excited about a stupid computer game?get excited: · When Mattie gets excited, she starts talking really fast.excited by: · Doctors are very excited by the discovery.excited to do something: · When we get home, the dogs are always excited to see us.
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.look forward to doing something: · She's really looking forward to meeting him.
spoken if you can't wait for something to happen, you want it to happen soon because you are very excited about it: · "We'll see you next week." "I know - I can't wait!"can't wait for: · The kids can't wait for Christmas.can't wait to do something: · He couldn't wait to get home and tell Dean the news.can't wait for somebody/something to do something: · I can't wait for the football season to start.
very excited , happy, and pleased: thrilled to do something: · I'm thrilled to be here tonight.thrilled with: · Chester's absolutely thrilled with his baby daughter.thrilled at/by: · She was thrilled at the idea of flying to Europe.thrilled to bitsBritish spoken thrilled to death/pieces American spoken (=very thrilled): · Paul is thrilled to death that I'm finally learning to cook.
feeling very excited and full of energy because you are experiencing something that you have never experienced before, especially something dangerous or unusual: · The first time I flew a plane alone, I felt both exhilarated and scared.exhilarated by: · She felt exhilarated by her new sense of power.
American informal to be excited and full of energy, especially when this makes you ready to compete or play sport: · After the coach's pep talk, we were all really pumped and ready to play.get somebody pumped (up) (=make some excited and full of energy): · Nothing gets the crowd or the players pumped up more than a good slam dunk.
if a place is buzzing with excitement , people are very excited, especially because something is about to happen: · The crowd was buzzing as everyone waited for the band to come on stage.· The new stadium has sports fans buzzing with excitement.
to be excited and slightly nervous when you are watching something because you do not know what will happen next: · I was on the edge of my seat from the beginning of the movie to the end.keep somebody on the edge of their seat (=make someone very excited because they do not know what will happen next): · The final ten minutes of the game kept everyone on the edge of their seats.
to be nervous and excited because you are anxiously waiting to hear the result of something, or to know what happens at the end of a story: · After the interview Fran was on tenterhooks, wondering if she'd got the job.keep somebody on tenterhooks (=make someone feel nervous and excited by not telling them something): · Agatha Christie keeps the reader on tenterhooks until the final pages of the story.
if the feeling among a large group of people is at or reaches fever pitch , they are all extremely excited: · The anticipation surrounding the band's arrival is now at fever pitch.
too excited someone, especially a child, who is overexcited has become too excited to behave calmly: · The kids are getting overexcited and won't go to sleep.· "Does it bite?" asked one of an overexcited group of boys.
unable to stop shouting, crying etc because you are extremely excited: · Hysterical fans tried to stop Damon's car at the airport.· He got a hysterical phone call from his mother in the middle of the night.get/go hysterical (=become hysterical): · The crowd went hysterical as Juventus scored in the last minute of the game.
in a state of great and uncontrollable excitement: · There are just two minutes to go of this game, and the crowd is in an absolute frenzy.work yourself into a frenzy (=become more and more excited until you are in a frenzy): · Supporters of Hodge have worked themselves into a frenzy over the latest polls.
someone who is excitable gets excited too easily: · Puppies are naturally affectionate and excitable.highly excitable (=very excitable): · On my first day's teaching, I had a class of highly excitable 5-year-olds.
spoken too excited and too full of energy, so that you do not feel comfortable: · The kids are really hyper today - I think I'm going to send them outside.get hyper: · Sometimes he gets so hyper you can't talk to him.
to make someone feel excited especially written to make someone feel excited: · Being part of the crowd at a ball game had always excited me.· She was at a point in her life where her work didn't really excite her anymore.
informal to make someone excited: · We've chosen some fairly controversial topics to try to get the students excited.get somebody excited about something: · Looking through all those cook books has gotten me excited about cooking again.
especially written to make someone feel very happy and excited: · Her first sight of the African landscape thrilled her enormously.it thrills somebody to do something: · It thrilled Sara to learn that the visitor was a member of the Royal Family.
if something gives someone a thrill , it makes them feel happy and excited, although it is very simple or may seem unimportant: · Catching small animals used to give the boys a thrill.· It gives me a thrill to see kids that I have taught succeed in life.
to make you feel nervously excited and full of energy. Adrenaline is a chemical produced in your body that makes your heart beat faster when you are afraid or excited: · Performing for the President really gets your adrenaline going.· At the end of a long race, it's the sight of the finish line that gets the old adrenaline pumping.
exciting making you feel excited: · You're going to India? How exciting!· I've got some exciting news for you.· Hockey is a fast, exciting game to watch.find something exciting: · Stuart found life in Paris exciting.
making you feel very excited and slightly nervous: · The helicopter trip over the mountains was a thrilling end to a fantastic holiday.· In a thrilling victory over Arizona, Bailey scored four straight points.
use this about books or films that are so exciting that you cannot stop reading or watching them: · a gripping detective story· The author describes in gripping detail the accident on the icy highway.
an exhilarating experience or activity makes you feel excited and full of energy: · Learning to surf is exhausting but exhilarating.· I still remember the exhilarating freedom of driving my first car.
a dramatic part of a story, film etc has a lot of exciting and unexpected things happening in it: · The movie starts with a dramatic car chase across the desert.· "Voice of the Heart" is a dramatic story of two women that sweeps from New York to Europe and back again.
extremely exciting because you do not know what is going to happen next: · The movie's rescue scene makes a nice nailbiting finish.· The Minutemen managed another nailbiting win to remain undefeated.
an action-packed film, book etc has a lot of exciting action in it: · Kids will love this action-packed adventure movie.· The book has an action-packed plot dealing with life during the Civil War.
formal: heady days/atmosphere/excitement etc a time, feeling etc that makes you feel very excited, hopeful, and full of energy: · the heady excitement of being in love· He often wished he could relive the heady days of his youth.
the most exciting part of something the most exciting or important part of a story or event, usually near the end: climax of: · A parade through the streets marks the climax of the festival.reach a climax: · The opera reaches its climax with Violetta's death in the third act.
the most exciting, enjoyable, or important moment of an event or activity, especially one that continues for a long time: high point/spot of: · For Amelia, a high point of the trip was riding with her father on a Ferris wheel.· The 1972 election was the high spot of her political career.
the part of an event or activity such as a holiday or a game that is the most exciting or enjoyable, and that you remember most clearly: highlight of: · Highlights of the ball game will be shown later.· A highlight of most Alaska cruises is a day spent among the glaciers.
the feeling of being excited · If you're looking for excitement, you won't find it here.excitement of · He missed the excitement of working with so many intelligent people.in/with excitement (=in an excited way) · In the stands, the crowd was shouting with excitement.great/tremendous excitement · There's an atmosphere of tremendous excitement here in the stadium.
a sudden very strong feeling of excitement, mixed with pleasure and sometimes fear: thrill of: · Most of the researchers are motivated by the simple thrill of discovery.get a thrill out of something: · Even though I've been acting for 40 years, I still get a thrill out of going on stage on opening night.give somebody a thrill: · Using a gun always gave me a strange thrill.
a feeling of happy excitement, for example that you get from an exciting physical activity or from something you have achieved: · She was filled with exhilaration when she first saw her newborn baby.exhilaration of: · Nothing can compare with the exhilaration of riding a motorcycle as fast as you can.
excited and cheerful feelings or behaviour, especially of a group of young people: · They didn't mean to cause any damage - it was just high spirits.in high spirits: · It was the last day of term and everyone was in high spirits.
extreme excitement that makes people cry, laugh, shout etc uncontrollably: · The hysteria of the screaming girls was somewhat frightening.mass hysteria (=hysteria in a crowd of people): · The pushing and grabbing at yesterday's sales bordered on mass hysteria.
when a lot of people are very excited about a particular thing: World Cup/Harry Potter/election etc fever: · For a few months after its introduction, lottery fever swept the nation.· Football fever has always been widespread in Thailand, but this year perhaps more than ever before.
an exciting experience an event or experience that gives you a feeling of excitement and pleasure: · Flying is still a tremendous thrill for me.the thrills and spills/chills (=the exciting experiences, moments etc in a film, race etc): · Don't miss all the thrills and spills of Formula 1 Grand Prix racing on Channel 26!
an exciting experience in which something dangerous or unusual happens: · He always used to tell us about his adventures at sea.sense/spirit of adventure (=a desire to do unusual or dangerous things): · All right, I'll go without you - you guys have no sense of adventure at all!
something unexpected or unusual that happens and makes you feel excited and unable to relax: · Gerry found it difficult to sleep after all the excitements of the day.· The biggest excitement of the day was when Joe accidentally set off the fire alarm.
American informal an exciting experience that you enjoy very much: · You should try water-skiing - it's a blast.have a blast: · Thanks for taking us camping - Miranda had a blast!
to do something just for excitement to do something, especially something dangerous or harmful, in order to get a feeling of excitement and not for any other reason: · He was a nasty man who mistreated people for kicks.just for kicks: · He says he started stealing just for kicks, not because he didn't have the money.
to do something just to get a feeling of excitement or because you are bored, and not for any more serious reason: · Gina would gamble away thousands of dollars in casinos just for the thrill of it.· Sometimes I walk very close to the edge of the cliffs for the thrill of it.
to make someone feel sexually excited · She excites me in a way that no other woman can.get somebody excited (=make them excited) · Some of those Internet chat rooms can get you pretty excited.
informal to make someone feel sexually excited: · It's difficult telling your partner what actually turns you on.· Men with long hair really turn me on.
if pictures, stories etc in newspapers and books titillate people, they are deliberately intended to make people feel slightly sexually excited: · Details of the sex scandal are being revealed just to titillate the public, not inform them.
enthusiastic behaving in a way that shows how much you like, enjoy, or approve of something: · A small but enthusiastic crowd cheered as the players ran onto the field.· Several enthusiastic young teachers have just started working at the school.enthusiastic about: · He's still really enthusiastic about his new job.
especially British very enthusiastic about an activity or job: · She hasn't much experience but she's very keen.keen on: · There are plenty of after-school opportunities for people who are keen on athletics.keen on doing something: · My parents have always been keen on travelling, whenever they get the chance.a keen golfer/photographer/gardener etc: · Chris is a keen photographer - he's won several competitions.keen to do something: · Gabby was obviously anxious to do well, and Jane was keen to help her.
wanting very much to do, get, or see something soon: · A crowd of eager fans were waiting outside the hotel.eager to do something: · She hurried home from college, eager to hear Tom's news.eager for: · Simon was an ambitious man, eager for power and prestige.
to be very enthusiastic about an idea or plan, and talk about it with great excitement: · We've discussed the idea and she seems to be full of enthusiasm.be full of enthusiasm for: · Roger was full of enthusiasm for Tony's plan.
to be enthusiastic about something that is going to happen: · It was a great opportunity, and I began to get really excited about it.· Astronomers are very excited about a comet that will pass close to Earth later this month.
to be extremely enthusiastic and excited about something that you are going to do, so that you cannot wait to begin: · Come on, hurry up. The kids are raring to go.· It's going to be a tough game, but the whole team's ready and raring to go.
extremely enthusiastic about something such as a political or religious idea which you believe in very strongly, and behaving in a way that shows this: a zealous believer/opponent/supporter etc: · Only the most zealous supporters of Thatcherism were in favour of the tax.zealous in doing something: · Some of the officers were more zealous than others in enforcing the disciplinary code.
wanting to have sex having strong physical feelings that you want to have sex with someone: · As she kissed him, he became more and more excited.sexually excited: · He was getting sexually excited, and his breathing became short and fast.
if you are aroused , you want to have sex with someone, usually because of the way they look or something they have done to make your body feel sexually excited: · She didn't have a lot of experience, but she knew when a man was aroused and when he wasn't.sexually aroused: · You are more likely to have a useful conversation about safer sex if you don't leave it until you are sexually aroused.
/randy British feeling sexually excited and wanting to have sex with someone: · Thinking about her made me feel really randy.· I don't want a room-mate who acts like a horny teenager with every woman he meets.
COLLOCATIONS FROM THE ENTRY Maria’s starting to get pretty excited about the wedding. The food was nothing to get excited about (=not very good or special).COLLOCATIONS FROM OTHER ENTRIES
Maria’s starting to get pretty excited about the wedding. The food was nothing to get excited about (=not very good or special).· I was excited at the prospect of going to Washington.
COLLOCATIONS FROM THE CORPUSADVERB· He was not particularly frightened himself, more excited and interested than alarmed, but he did not want to endanger Nona.· As he got more excited as they got closer to Pollensa so Ruth sank into a deeper depression.· The logogens for three-letter words ending with t would be even more excited.· In spite of depressing circumstances, I was more excited and confident than I had ever been.· We grew more and more excited.
· At first, Robert's father had got quite excited.· It's a new model they were quite excited.· She was feeling quite excited now.· I was quite excited and asked Andy Norman to help me.· Juliet began to feel quite excited inside.· So we're quite excited about it and also it's quite a major problem.
· It's so beautiful it's sort of scary - you know, feeling so excited at the lights.· It was indecent, surely, to stand like this, in public, and feel so alive and so excited?· I had never seen any animal, human or otherwise, so wild - so determined, so excited, so driven.· Then chided himself for getting so excited about one woman, after all the women he had known.· I couldn't wait for the pictures to come out, I was so excited to see them.· I don't think I've ever seen Radish so excited.· For a second I get so excited, I have to calm myself down.· I was so excited to see you again that I completely forgot to ask what's happened to your business.
· And what must the owner Cyril Watkins have felt, for he was too excited to watch the finish on television.· Can't have you too excited.· I get too excited sometimes and spoil things.· The exhibition at the Academy would have interested her on another occasion but today she was too excited for contemplation.· The man sank to his knees, but the boys were too excited to care.· But don't get too excited.· Brown was too excited to pick it up.· He was too excited to sleep. £115,000 needed a lot of thinking about.
· Paul's mood as he writes to the Romans is a very excited one.· Female speaker Very excited, very nervous also but I am relly looking forward to it.· He was very excited and arranged extra meetings with the boys he had chosen as climbers so they could practise their skills.· And Peter was very excited when he saw his engine, now as good as new again.· When she did this, all the men in the theatre got very excited and stood up.· I remember we went up to Euston together one Saturday morning, very excited, to buy the ticket in advance.· The House is in a very excited state.· He always got very excited when he asked this question.
NOUN· This phenomenon, known as Fermi resonance, occurs because the two vibrationally excited states mix.· The House is in a very excited state.· Arriving back at the cottage, Otto was in a thoroughly excited state.· So come on physicists: be coherent; get into a truly excited state.
WORD FAMILYadjectiveexcitableexcitedexciting ≠ unexcitingexcitablenounexcitementexcitabilityadverbexcitedlyexcitinglyverbexcite
1happy, 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 shoppers2very nervous and upset about something so that you cannot relaxexcited about There’s no point getting excited about it. We can’t change things.3feeling sexual desire—excitedly adverb: People had gathered and were talking excitedly.THESAURUSexcited 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 /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).