English [ edit ] Pronunciation [ edit ] IPA (key ) : /ɪkˈsʌɪtɪŋ/ , /ɛkˈsʌɪtɪŋ/ exciting
present participle and gerund of excite Adjective [ edit ] exciting (comparative more exciting , superlative most exciting )
creating or producing excitement
1955 Chess Review :Some of the most exciting games ever played have ended in draws.
Synonyms [ edit ] Derived terms [ edit ] Translations [ edit ] causing excitement
Arabic: مُثِير ( muṯīr )
Azerbaijani: həyacanlı
Belarusian: хвалю́ючы ( xvaljújučy )
Bulgarian: вълнуващ (bg) ( vǎlnuvašt ) , интересен (bg) ( interesen )
Catalan: excitant
Chinese:
Mandarin: 令人 激動 的 ／ 令人 激动 的 ( lìng rén jīdòng de )
Cornish: yntanus
Czech: vzrušující (cs)
Danish: spændende (da)
Dutch: spannend (nl)
Faroese: spennandi
Finnish: jännittävä (fi)
French: excitant (fr)
German: aufregend (de) , spannend (de)
Greek: συναρπαστικός (el) ( synarpastikós )
Hungarian: izgalmas (hu)
Icelandic: spennandi
Italian: emozionante (it)
Latin: excitans
Macedonian: возбудлив m ( vozbudliv )
Maori: hiamo whakaihiihi
Marathi: उत्कंठावर्धक ( utkaṇṭhāvardhak )
Norwegian:
Bokmål: spennende (no)
Nynorsk: spennande spanande
Portuguese: excitante (pt) , empolgante (pt)
Russian: волну́ющий (ru) ( volnújuščij ) , захва́тывающий (ru) ( zaxvátyvajuščij ) , возбужда́ющий (ru) ( vozbuždájuščij )
Slovak: vzrušujúci
Spanish: emocionante (es)
Swedish: spännande (sv)
Turkish: heyecanlı (tr)
Ukrainian: захо́пливий m ( zaxóplyvyj ) , захо́плива f ( zaxóplyva ) , збу́джуючий ( zbúdžujučyj )
Vietnamese: gây hứng thú lý thú (vi)
Walloon: efoufiant (wa) m
Welsh: cyffrous (cy)
exciting (plural excitings
The process of something becoming excited; excitation .
1855 The Complete Works of George Herbert :But parents and masters should make haste in this, as to a great purchase for their children and servants; which while they defer, both sides suffer; the one, in wanting many excitings of grace, the other, in being worse served and obeyed.