excited

English

Etymology

From excite + -ed.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ɪkˈsaɪ.tɪd/

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Adjective

excited (comparative more excited, superlative most excited)

1. Having great enthusiasm, passion and energy.

   Synonyms: enthusiastic, aflutter

   He was very excited about his promotion.

   • 2011, “Friday”, performed by Rebecca Black ft. Patrice Wilson:

     Yesterday was Thursday, Thursday / Today i-is Friday, Friday / We-we-we so excited / We so excited / We gonna have a ball today

2. (physics) Being in a state of higher energy.

   The excited electrons give off light when they drop to a lower energy state.

3. Having an erection; erect.
4. Sexually aroused.

   When you lick my neck like that, I get really excited, baby!

Derived terms

• deexcited
• excimer
• exciplex
• excited delirium
• excitedly
• excitedness
• excited state
• Excited States
• Excited States of America
• hyperexcited
• nervicited
• nervited
• nonexcited
• overexcited
• sad-cited, sadcited
• self-excited
• superexcited
• unexcited

Translations

having great enthusiasm and energy

• Arabic: مُتَحَمِّس (mutaḥammis)
• Azerbaijani: həyəcanlı
• Belarusian: узбу́джаны (uzbúdžany)
• Bulgarian: развълнуван (bg) (razvălnuvan), възбуден (bg) (văzbuden)
• Catalan: entusiasmat (ca), emocionat
• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 興奮 / 兴奋 (zh) (xīngfèn), 激動 / 激动 (zh) (jīdòng), 亢奮 / 亢奋 (zh) (kàngfèn)

• Czech: vzrušený (cs)
• Danish: spændt
• Dutch: opgewonden (nl), opgetogen (nl)
• Estonian: elev
• Finnish: innostunut (fi), innoissaan (fi), kiihtynyt (fi), tohkeissaan (fi), täpinöissään
• French: excité (fr), enthousiasmé (fr)
• Georgian: აღელვებული (aɣelvebuli), აღგზნებული (aɣgznebuli), აღტკინებული (aɣṭḳinebuli)
• German: erregt (de), aufgeregt (de)
• Greek: ενθουσιασμένος (el) (enthousiasménos)
• Hebrew: נִרְגָּשׁ (nirgásh), מִתְרַגֵּשׁ (mitragésh)
• Hindi: उत्सुक (hi) (utsuk), उत्तेजित (hi) (uttejit), उत्साहित (hi) (utsāhit)
• Hungarian: izgatott (hu)
• Icelandic: spenntur
• Italian: entusiasta (it)
• Japanese: 興奮する (ja) (こうふんする, kōfun suru)
• Korean: 흥분하다 (ko) (heungbunhada), 신나다 (sinnada)
• Ladino: tresalido
• Latin: excitātus
• Latvian: uzbudināts
• Louisiana Creole: éksité
• Luxembourgish: opgereegt
• Macedonian: возбуден (vozbuden)
• Malay: teruja
• Māori: nawe, nanawe, manawawera, hiamo
• Norwegian: spent
• Persian: هیجان زده (hayejân zade)
• Plautdietsch: oppjebrocht
• Portuguese: entusiasmado (pt), empolgado (pt), animado (pt)
• Romanian: entuziasmat (ro), înflăcărat (ro), emoționat (ro), exaltat (ro)
• Russian: no equivalent term in Russian, but see возбуждённый (ru) (vozbuždjónnyj), взволно́ванный (ru) (vzvolnóvannyj), взбудораженный (ru) (vzbudoražennyj), радостный (ru) (radostnyj), счастливый (ru) (sčastlivyj), в восторге (v vostorge)
• Serbo-Croatian:

  Latin: ùzbūđēn (sh)

• Spanish: entusiasmado (es), emocionado (es)
• Swedish: upphetsad (sv), upprymd (sv)
• Turkish: heyecanlı (tr), müteheyyiç
• Ukrainian: збу́джений (zbúdženyj), схвильо́ваний (sxvylʹóvanyj), на емоціях (na emocijax)
• Vietnamese: bị kích thích (vi)

being in a state of higher energy

• Arabic: مُتَهَيِّج (mutahayyij)
• Bulgarian: възбуден (bg) (văzbuden)
• Catalan: excitat
• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 受激的 (shòujī de)

• Czech: excitovaný, nabuzený
• Danish: ophidset, eksalteret
• Dutch: aangeslagen (nl)
• Finnish: virittynyt
• French: excité (fr)
• Georgian: აღგზნებული (aɣgznebuli), აღტკინებული (aɣṭḳinebuli)
• German: angeregt (de)
• Greek: διεγερμένος (el) (diegerménos)
• Hebrew: נִסעָר (he) (nis'ár)
• Hindi: उत्सुकता (hi) (utsuktā), उत्तेजना (hi) (uttejnā)
• Hungarian: gerjesztett (hu)
• Italian: eccitato (it), agitato (it)
• Japanese: 励起する (ja) (れいきする, reiki suru)
• Korean: please add this translation if you can
• Latvian: ierosināts
• Luxembourgish: opgereegt
• Macedonian: побуден (pobuden), возбуден (vozbuden)
• Malay: teruja
• Māori: please add this translation if you can
• Norwegian: please add this translation if you can
• Persian: سرحال (fa) (sar-e hâl)
• Portuguese: excitado (pt)
• Romanian: excitat (ro)
• Russian: возбуждённый (ru) (vozbuždjónnyj)
• Serbo-Croatian:

  Latin: pòbūđen

• Spanish: excitado (es)
• Swedish: exciterad (sv)
• Thai: ตื่นเต้น (th) (dtʉ̀ʉn-dtên)
• Turkish: please add this translation if you can
• Vietnamese: bị kích thích

Verb

excited

1. simple past and past participle of excite