excite
verb/ɪkˈsaɪt/
/ɪkˈsaɪt/
Verb Forms
| present simple I / you / we / they excite | /ɪkˈsaɪt/ /ɪkˈsaɪt/ |
| he / she / it excites | /ɪkˈsaɪts/ /ɪkˈsaɪts/ |
| past simple excited | /ɪkˈsaɪtɪd/ /ɪkˈsaɪtɪd/ |
| past participle excited | /ɪkˈsaɪtɪd/ /ɪkˈsaɪtɪd/ |
| -ing form exciting | /ɪkˈsaɪtɪŋ/ /ɪkˈsaɪtɪŋ/ |
- excite somebody to make somebody feel very pleased, interested or enthusiastic, especially about something that is going to happen
- The prospect of a year in India greatly excited her.
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- to make somebody nervous or upset and unable to relax
- excite somebody Try not to excite your baby too much before bedtime.
- excite yourself Don't excite yourself (= keep calm).
- to make somebody feel a particular emotion or react in a particular way synonym arouse
- excite something to excite attention/curiosity/admiration
- The news has certainly excited comment (= made people talk about it).
- excite something in somebody The advertising campaign failed to excite much interest in consumers.
Extra Examples- He was anxious not to excite renewed speculation.
- The move excited more criticism abroad than at home.
- excite somebody to make somebody feel sexual desire synonym arouse
- excite something (specialist) to make a part of the body or part of a physical system more active
- The energy of an electron is sufficient to excite the atom.
Word OriginMiddle English (in the sense ‘incite someone to do something’): from Old French exciter or Latin excitare, frequentative of exciere ‘call out or forth’. Sense (1) dates from the mid 19th cent.
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