excited

English

Pronunciation

• IPA: /ɛkˈsaɪtɛd/

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Adjective

excited (comparative more excited, superlative most excited)

1. Having great enthusiasm.

   He was very excited about his promotion.

   • 2011, Rebecca Black featuring Patrice Wilson, Friday

     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.

Synonyms

• enthusiastic

Derived terms

• excited state

Translations

having great enthusiasm

• Arabic: متحمس (ar)
• Bulgarian: развълнуван (bg) (razvǎlnuvan), възбуден (bg) (vǎzbuden)
• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 興奮 (cmn), 兴奋 (cmn) (xīngfèn), 激動 (cmn), 激动 (cmn) (jīdòng)

• Czech: vzrušený (cs) m
• Danish: spændt (da)
• Dutch: opgewonden (nl)
• Finnish: innostunut (fi), innoissaan (fi), kiihtynyt (fi), tohkeissaan (fi)
• French: excité (fr)
• Georgian: please add this translation if you can
• German: erregt (de), aufgeregt (de)
• Hebrew: מתרגש (he) (mit'ragesh) m
• Hungarian: izgatott (hu)

• Italian: entusiasta (it)
• Japanese: 興奮する (ja) (koufun suru)
• Korean: please add this translation if you can
• Luxembourgish: opgereegt (lb)
• Norwegian: spent (no)
• Portuguese: entusiasmado (pt) m, entusiasmada (pt) f, empolgado (pt) m
• Romanian: entuziasmat (ro) m and n, înflăcărat (ro) m and n, emoționat (ro) m and n, exaltat (ro) m and n
• Russian: возбуждено, взволнован
• Serbo-Croatian: ùzbūđēn (sh)
• Spanish: entusiasmado (es), emocionado (es)
• Swedish: upphetsad (sv)
• Turkish: heyecanlı (tr)
• Vietnamese: please add this translation if you can

being in a state of higher energy

• Arabic: متهيج (ar)
• Bulgarian: възбуден (bg) (vǎzbuden)
• Czech: excitovaný (cs) m, nabuzený (cs) m
• Danish: ophidset (da), eksalteret (da)
• Finnish: virittynyt (fi)
• French: excité (fr)
• German: aufgeregt (de)
• Hungarian: gerjesztett (hu)

• Italian: eccitato (it), agitato (it)
• Luxembourgish: opgereegt (lb)
• Portuguese: excitado (pt) m, excitada (pt) f
• Romanian: excitat (ro) m and n
• Serbo-Croatian: pòbūđen (sh)
• Spanish: excitado (es)
• Thai: ตื่นเต้น (th) (dtèuun-dtên)

Verb

excited

1. Past participle of excite