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excitement

noun

1 excitement

The feeling of lively and cheerful joy:
— He could hardly conceal his excitement when she agreed.

synonym: exhilaration.

Roget 900: resentment, displeasure, animosity, anger, wrath, indignation; exasperation, bitter resentment, wrathful indignation.    pique, umbrage, huff, miff, ... show more

Dutch: opvrolijking, plezier, opgewondenheid, opwinding, alteratie
Polish: ekscytacja, pobudzenie, podekscytowanie, podniecenie, rozemocjonowanie

2 excitement

The state of being emotionally aroused and worked up:
— His face was flushed with excitement and his hands trembled.

synonyms: excitation, fervor, fervour, inflammation.

Dutch: spanning, opgewondenheid, commotie, agitatie, opwinding
Polish: przejęcie

3 excitement

Something that agitates and arouses:
— He looked forward to the excitements of the day.

synonym: excitation.

Dutch: opwinding

4 excitement

Disturbance usually in protest.

synonyms: agitation, hullabaloo, turmoil, upheaval.

Roget 825: excitability, impetuosity, vehemence; boisterousness etc. adj.; turbulence; impatience, intolerance, nonendurance; irritability etc. (irascibility) 901; ... show more

Dutch: herrie


Moby thesaurus: action, activity, ado, aggravation, agitation, anger, animation, anxiety, ardency, ardor, arousal, arousing, bluster, bobbery, boil, boiling, breathless impatience, brouhaha, bustle, chafing ... show more.

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