exciting

English

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ɪkˈsʌɪtɪŋ/, /ɛkˈsʌɪtɪŋ/

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Verb

exciting

1. present participle and gerund of excite

Adjective

exciting (comparative more exciting, superlative most exciting)

1. Creating or producing excitement.
   • 1955 January, “Chess Caviar”, in Chess Review:

     Some of the most exciting games ever played have ended in draws.

2. Sexually stimulating.
   • 1961, Harry E. Wedeck, Dictionary of Aphrodisiacs, New York: The Citadel Press, page 168:

     Among the Turks, an exciting compound consists of olibanum, myrrh, camphor, musk, in pulverized form. The resultant perfume is said to affect the genitals.

Synonyms

• See also Thesaurus:exciting

Derived terms

• eggciting
• excitingly
• excitingness
• hyperexciting
• nonexciting
• unexciting

Translations

causing excitement

• Arabic: مُثِير (muṯīr)
• Azerbaijani: həyəcanlı
• 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)
• Hindi: रोमांचक (hi) (romāñcak), उत्तेजक (hi) (uttejak)
• 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)

Noun

exciting (plural excitings)

1. The process of something becoming excited; excitation.
   • 1855, George Herbert, 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.