Meanings
plural excitements
- uncountableThe state of being excited (emotionally aroused).
to get caught up in the excitement
3 more examples
By late accounts from Rotterdam, that city seems to be in a high state of philosophical excitement.
1835, Edgar Allan Poe, The unparalleled adventure of one Hans PfaalElise nodded, fighting the traitorous flutters of excitement in her stomach.
2013, Linda Skye, A Dance with IndecencyIn 1825, the first public railway carried passengers across the English countryside, setting in motion not just an engineering revolution, but an industrial one too. Imagine the awe and excitement of those first passengers as they boarded the train, unaware that they were witnessing the dawn of a new era.
2025 October 1, Richard Evans, “The value of the railway effect”, in RAIL, number 1045, page 58Synonyms: buzz
- countableSomething that excites.
Synonyms & antonyms
nounThe state of being excited (emotionally aroused).
More synonyms by meaning
nounthe state of being emotionally aroused and worked up
Synonym sets from Open English WordNet, CC BY 4.0.
Origin
- Old Frenchexcitement
- Middle Englishexcitement
- Englishexcitement
From Middle English excitement, from Old French excitement, equivalent to excite + -ment.
More words from Middle English, Old French
Full word history & related roots →Translations
Bengali উত্তেজনা, হুজুগ
- উত্তেজনা (uttejona)state of being excited
- হুজুগ (hujug)state of being excited
Bulgarian възбуда, вълнение
- възбуда (văzbuda)state of being excited
- вълнение (vălnenie)state of being excited
Catalan excitació
- excitacióstate of being excited
Chinese Mandarin 興奮 /兴奋, 激動 /激动
- 興奮 /兴奋 (xīngfèn)state of being excited
- 激動 /激动 (jīdòng)state of being excited
Czech vzrušení
- vzrušenístate of being excited
Danish ophidselse
- ophidselsestate of being excited
Dutch opgewondenheid
- opgewondenheidstate of being excited
Esperanto eksciteco
- ekscitecostate of being excited
Finnish jännitys, innostus
- jännitysstate of being excited
- innostusstate of being excited
- kiihtymysstate of being excited
French excitation
- excitationstate of being excited
German Aufregung, Begeisterung
- Aufregungstate of being excited
- Begeisterungstate of being excited
- Spannungstate of being excited
- Erregungstate of being excited
- Reizstate of being excited
- Aufgeregtheitstate of being excited
- Erregtheitstate of being excited
Hebrew הִתְרַגְּשׁוּת, הִתְפַּעֲלוּת
- הִתְרַגְּשׁוּת (hitragshút)state of being excited
- הִתְפַּעֲלוּת (hitpa'lút)state of being excited
Hindi उत्सुकता, उत्तेजना
- उत्सुकता (utsuktā)state of being excited
- उत्तेजना (uttejnā)state of being excited
Hungarian izgalom
- izgalomstate of being excited
Irish ardú
- ardústate of being excited
Italian eccitamento, orgasmo
- eccitamentostate of being excited
- orgasmostate of being excited
- fregolastate of being excited
Latin tumor
- tumorstate of being excited
Norwegian spenning, opphisselse
- spenningstate of being excited
- opphisselsestate of being excited
Polish podekscytowanie, ekscytacja
- podekscytowaniestate of being excited
- ekscytacjastate of being excited
- podnieceniestate of being excited
Portuguese excitação, empolgação
- excitaçãostate of being excited
- empolgaçãostate of being excited
Romanian excitare, excitație
- excitarestate of being excited
- excitațiestate of being excited
Russian волне́ние, аза́рт
- волне́ние (volnénije)state of being excited
- аза́рт (azárt)state of being excited
Spanish emoción
- emociónstate of being excited
Swahili msisimuko
- msisimukostate of being excited
Thai ความตื่นเต้น
- ความตื่นเต้นstate of being excited
Turkish heyecan, teheyyüç
- heyecanstate of being excited
- teheyyüçstate of being excited
Ukrainian збудження
- збудження (zbudžennja)state of being excited
Cite this entry
excitement. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 2, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/excitement
“excitement.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/excitement. Accessed November 2, 2026.
WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “excitement,” accessed November 2, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/excitement.
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