excited

English

Pronunciation

• IPA: /ɛksaɪtɛd/

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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), възбуден (bg) Chinese: Mandarin: 興奮 (cmn), 兴奋 (cmn) (xīngfèn), 激動 (cmn), 激动 (cmn) (jīdòng) Croatian: ùzbūđēn (hr) Czech: vzrušený (cs) m. Danish: spændt (da) Dutch: opgewonden (nl) Finnish: innostunut (fi), innoissaan (fi), kiihtynyt (fi), tohkeissaan (fi) French: excité (fr) German: erregt (de), aufgeregt  (de) 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. Romanian: entuziasmat (ro) m. and n., înflăcărat (ro) m. and n., emoționat (ro) m. and n., exaltat (ro) m. and n. Russian: возбуждено, взволнован 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) Croatian: pòbūđen (hr) 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. Spanish: excitado (es)

Verb

excited

1. Past participle of excite