Meanings
comparative more unexcited · superlative most unexcited
- Not feeling excitement or keen interest; placid; bored.
Having seen the film twice before, I felt distinctly unexcited at the prospect of a third viewing.
Synonyms: quiescent, serene, sick and tired, calm, steady, collected, composed, cool-headed
- Not in a state of excitation.
From some excited bodies there proceeds for a certain distance to others unexcited, a light, which is reflected from the latter to the former, and in the reflexion snaps; and which upon touching the skin of a man or beast is felt with a smarting: This snapping light is call'd the electrical Sparks.
1759, Literary Memoirs of Germany and the North
Synonyms & antonyms
adjectiveNot feeling excitement or keen interest; placid; bored.
More synonyms by meaning
adjectivenot excited
Synonym sets from Open English WordNet, CC BY 4.0.
Origin
- Proto-Indo-European*né
- Proto-Indo-European*n̥-
- Proto-Germanic*un-
- Proto-West Germanic*un-
- Old Englishun-
- Middle Englishun-
- Englishun-
- Englishexcite
- Englishexcited
- Englishunexcited
Translations
Turkish heyecansız
- heyecansızTranslations
Cite this entry
unexcited. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 4, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/unexcited
“unexcited.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/unexcited. Accessed November 4, 2026.
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