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Excite Very Common

Excite has 9 different meanings across 1 category:

Verb

Definitions
Verb
1

arouse or elicit a feeling

"The thrilling roller coaster ride managed to excite everyone in the line, making them laugh and scream with anticipation."

2

act as a stimulant

"The book stimulated her imagination"

"This play stimulates"

3

stir feelings in

"stimulate my appetite"

"excite the audience"

"stir emotions"

4

cause to be agitated, excited, or roused

"The speaker charged up the crowd with his inflammatory remarks"

5

stimulate sexually

"This movie usually arouses the male audience"

6

stir the feelings, emotions, or peace of

"These stories shook the community"

"the civil war shook the country"

7

raise to a higher energy level

"excite the atoms"

8

produce a magnetic field in

"excite the neurons"

9

To stir the emotions of.

"The thrilling news excited the crowd before the concert began."

Example Sentences
"The book stimulated her imagination" verb
"This play stimulates" verb
"stimulate my appetite" verb
"excite the audience" verb
"stir emotions" verb
"The speaker charged up the crowd with his inflammatory remarks" verb
"This movie usually arouses the male audience" verb
"These stories shook the community" verb
"the civil war shook the country" verb
"excite the atoms" verb
See Also
excitement excitation function fire up wind up permutator excited titillation curl someone's hair
Related Terms
Antonyms
dampen calm down
Broader Terms (hypernyms)
arouse affect sensitize disturb stimulate change
Narrower Terms (hyponyms)
enthuse quicken innervate irritate masturbate horripilate work fellate thrill whet disgust hype up bother pother electrify tempt fuel arouse frighten elate inspire titillate

Origin

Excite comes from the Latin word excitō, which originally meant "to wake up" or "call forth." The term entered English through Old French in its current sense of stimulating someone's emotions or energy.

Rhyming Words
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