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excitement

/ɪkˈsaɪtmənt/

excitement noun: the state of being excited (emotionally aroused).

excitement: Enthusiastic crowd with drums and clapping at a stadium
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Noun

excitement (countable and uncountable, plural excitements)

  1. (uncountable) The state of being excited (emotionally aroused).
    • to get caught up in the excitement
    • By late accounts from Rotterdam, that city seems to be in a high state of philosophical excitement.1835, Edgar Allan Poe, The unparalleled adventure of one Hans Pfaal
    Synonyms:
    buzz
  2. (countable) Something that excites.

excitement meaning in Hindi, Tamil, Urdu and Bengali

excitement in Hindi

state of being excited
उत्सुकता utsuktā, उत्तेजना uttejnā

excitement in Tamil

கிளர்ச்சி, உணர்ச்சிப் பிராவகம், பரபரப்பு, குதூகலம்

excitement in Urdu

excitement, incentive, motive, cause
بعث baʻs
excitement, passion, ardour
گرمی garmī

excitement in Bengali

state of being excited
উত্তেজনা uttejona, হুজুগ hujug
More languagesFewer languages
excitement in Malayalam
ആവേശം
excitement in Kannada
ಉದ್ರೇಕ, ಕೆರಳುವಿಕೆ, ಪ್ರಚೋದನೆ, ಉತ್ತೇಜನ
excitement in Punjabi
ਚਮਕ camak
excitement in Gujarati
ઉત્તેજના
excitement in Odia
ଉତ୍ତେଜନା
excitement in Nepali
उत्साह
excitement in Thai
ความตื่นเต้น

Examples of excitement in a sentence

  • Elise nodded, fighting the traitorous flutters of excitement in her stomach.2013, Linda Skye, A Dance with Indecency:
  • Imagine the awe and excitement of those first passengers as they boarded the train, unaware that they were witnessing the dawn of a new era.2025 October 1, Richard Evans, “The value of the railway effect”, in RAIL, number 1045, page 58:

All 40 example sentences with excitement

Synonyms of excitement

Forms of excitement

pluralexcitements

Plural of excitement: excitements

Origin of excitement

From Middle English excitement, from Old French excitement, equivalent to excite + -ment.

Words formed from excitement

Questions about excitement

What does excitement mean?
Excitement means the state of being excited (emotionally aroused).
What is excitement in Hindi?
Excitement in Hindi is उत्सुकता (utsuktā), उत्तेजना (uttejnā). See Excitement meaning in Hindi.
How do you use excitement in a sentence?
Elise nodded, fighting the traitorous flutters of excitement in her stomach.
What part of speech is excitement?
Excitement is a noun.
How do you pronounce excitement?
Excitement is pronounced /ɪkˈsaɪtmənt/.
What is the plural of excitement?
The plural of excitement is excitements.

Words near excitement in the dictionary

  1. Excited States of America
  2. excitedly
  3. excitedness
  4. excitedst
  5. exciteful
  6. excitement
  7. excitements
  8. exciter
  9. exciters
  10. excites
  11. excitest

Source and license

Adapted from Wiktionary: excitement (page history and authors); excitement (Tamil Wiktionary) (page history and authors); بعث (Urdu) (page history and authors); excitement (Malayalam Wiktionary) (page history and authors); excitement (Kannada Wiktionary) (page history and authors); ਚਮਕ (Punjabi) (page history and authors); excitement (Gujarati, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); excitement (Odia, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); excitement (Nepali, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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