excite

/ik'sait/

Thân thiện

The children's faces light up with excitement as they open the gift.

Definition

1. Verb (Transitive):
   • To cause strong feelings of enthusiasm and eagerness in someone: To make someone feel very interested and enthusiastic.
   • To cause a particular physical reaction or response in a body or system: To stimulate a physiological or neurological response.
   • To arouse sexually: To cause feelings of sexual arousal.
   • To stir up or provoke a feeling or reaction: To elicit a specific emotional or psychological state.

Usage Examples

• Verb:
  • The news of the promotion will excite the entire team.
  • Certain chemicals excite the nerve cells, causing a reaction.
  • The speaker knew how to excite the crowd with his passionate words.
  • The prospect of a new adventure excites her.

Advanced Usage

• "to excite interest/curiosity": to cause interest or curiosity to grow.
  • The mysterious headline was designed to excite public curiosity.
• "to become excited": to start feeling very enthusiastic or agitated.
  • The children became excited when they saw the presents.
• In scientific/technical contexts: To raise (an atom, molecule, etc.) to a higher energy level.
  • The laser is used to excite the electrons to a higher state.

Variants and Related Words

• Excited (Adjective): Feeling or showing enthusiasm and eagerness.
  • The excited fans waited for the concert to begin.
• Excitable (Adjective): Easily excited.
  • He has an excitable temperament.
• Excitement (Noun): A feeling of great enthusiasm and eagerness.
  • The excitement in the room was palpable.
• Exciting (Adjective): Causing excitement; thrilling.
  • It was an exciting football match.

Synonyms

• Stimulate: To encourage something to grow, develop, or become active.
• Arouse: To evoke or awaken a feeling or response.
• Agitate: To make someone feel troubled or nervous.
• Thrill: To cause someone to feel a sudden intense sensation or emotion.

Related Phrasal Verbs

• Excite about: To cause someone to feel enthusiastic about something. (Note: More commonly used in the adjective form "excited about").
  • He tried to excite them about the new project.

Related Idioms

• All excited: Very enthusiastic and eager about something.
  • She was all excited about her trip to Paris.
• Too excited to sleep: So enthusiastic or agitated that one cannot sleep.
  • The night before his birthday, he was too excited to sleep.

Học thuật

Verb

1. produce a magnetic field in
   • excite the neurons
2. raise to a higher energy level
   • excite the atoms
3. stir the feelings, emotions, or peace of
   • These stories shook the community
   • the civil war shook the country
4. stimulate sexually
   • This movie usually arouses the male audience
5. cause to be agitated, excited, or roused
   • The speaker charged up the crowd with his inflammatory remarks
6. stir feelings in
   • stimulate my appetite
   • excite the audience
   • stir emotions
7. act as a stimulant
   • The book stimulated her imagination
   • This play stimulates
8. arouse or elicit a feeling

Từ đồng nghĩa

• energize
• energise
• stimulate
• shake
• shake up
• stir
• arouse
• sex
• turn on
• wind up
• agitate
• rouse
• charge
• commove
• charge up