excited

pronunciation

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  • Adjective:
    in an aroused state
    of persons; excessively affected by emotion
    marked by uncontrolled excitement or emotion
    of e.g. a molecule; made reactive or more reactive

Word Origin

excited (adj.)
1650s, "magnetically or electrically stimulated;" modern sense of "agitated" attested 1855; past participle adjective from excite. Related: Excitedly.

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Example

1. I was so excited I forgot to introduce myself .
2. Oil bulls are known to get excited about wars .
3. And here krejcarek gets noticeably excited .
4. Foreign analysts were less excited .
5. Hawks is excited about the new sequencing technology .

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