Meanings
- gerundparticiplepresentpresent participle and gerund of excite
comparative more exciting · superlative most exciting
- Creating or producing excitement.
Some of the most exciting games ever played have ended in draws.
1955 January, “Chess Caviar”, in Chess Review - Sexually stimulating.
Among the Turks, an exciting compound consists of olibanum, myrrh, camphor, musk, in pulverized form. The resultant perfume is said to affect the genitals.
1961, Harry E. Wedeck, Dictionary of Aphrodisiacs, New York: The Citadel Press, page 168
plural excitings
- The process of something becoming excited; excitation.
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.
1855, George Herbert, The Complete Works of George Herbert
Synonyms & antonyms
adjectivecreating or arousing excitement
adjectivestimulating interest and discussion
Synonym sets from Open English WordNet, CC BY 4.0.
Translations
Arabic مُثِير
- مُثِير (muṯīr)causing excitement
Bulgarian вълнуващ, интересен
- вълнуващ (vălnuvašt)causing excitement
- интересен (interesen)causing excitement
Catalan excitant
- excitantcausing excitement
Chinese Mandarin 令人激動的 /令人激动的
- 令人激動的 /令人激动的 (lìng rén jīdòng de)causing excitement
Czech vzrušující
- vzrušujícícausing excitement
Danish spændende
- spændendecausing excitement
Dutch spannend
- spannendcausing excitement
Finnish jännittävä
- jännittäväcausing excitement
French excitant
- excitantcausing excitement
German aufregend, spannend
- aufregendcausing excitement
- spannendcausing excitement
Greek συναρπαστικός
- συναρπαστικός (synarpastikós)causing excitement
Hindi रोमांचक, उत्तेजक
- रोमांचक (romāñcak)causing excitement
- उत्तेजक (uttejak)causing excitement
Hungarian izgalmas
- izgalmascausing excitement
Icelandic spennandi
- spennandicausing excitement
Italian emozionante
- emozionantecausing excitement
Latin excitans
- excitanscausing excitement
Māori hiamo, whakaihiihi
- hiamocausing excitement
- whakaihiihicausing excitement
Norwegian Bokmål spennende
- spennendecausing excitement
Portuguese excitante, empolgante
- excitantecausing excitement
- empolgantecausing excitement
Russian волну́ющий, захва́тывающий
- волну́ющий (volnújuščij)causing excitement
- захва́тывающий (zaxvátyvajuščij)causing excitement
- возбужда́ющий (vozbuždájuščij)causing excitement
Slovak vzrušujúci
- vzrušujúcicausing excitement
Spanish emocionante
- emocionantecausing excitement
Swedish spännande
- spännandecausing excitement
Turkish heyecanlı
- heyecanlıcausing excitement
Ukrainian захо́пливий, захо́плива
- захо́пливий (zaxóplyvyj)causing excitement
- захо́плива (zaxóplyva)causing excitement
- збу́джуючий (zbúdžujučyj)causing excitement
Vietnamese gây hứng thú, lý thú
- gây hứng thúcausing excitement
- lý thúcausing excitement
Welsh cyffrous
- cyffrouscausing excitement
Cite this entry
exciting. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 2, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/exciting
“exciting.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/exciting. Accessed November 2, 2026.
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