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exciting
adjective
1 exciting
Creating or arousing excitement.
Roget 824:
excited
etc.
v.;
wrought up,
up the qui vive [Fr.],
astir,
sparkling;
in a quiver
etc.
821,
in a fever,
in a ferment,
in a blaze,
in a state of excitement;
in hysterics;
black in the face,
overwrought,
tense,
taught,
on a razor's edge;
hot,
red-hot,
flushed,
feverish;
all of a twitter,
in a pucker;
with quivering lips,
with tears in one's eyes.
flaming;
boiling over;
ebullient,
seething;
foaming at the mouth;
fuming,
raging,
carried away by passion,
wild,
raving,
frantic,
mad,
distracted,
beside oneself,
out of one's wits,
ready to burst,
bouleverse†,
demoniacal.
lost,
eperdu [Fr.],
tempest-tossed;
haggard;
ready to sink.
stung to the quick,
up,
on one's high ropes.
exciting,
absorbing,
riveting,
distracting
etc.
v.;
impressive,
warm,
glowing,
fervid,
swelling,
imposing,
spirit-stirring,
thrilling;
high-wrought;
soul-stirring,
soul-subduing;
heart-stirring,
heart-swelling,
heart-thrilling;
agonizing
etc.
(painful)
830;
telling,
sensational,
hysterical;
overpowering,
overwhelming;
more than flesh and blood can bear;
yellow.
piquant
etc.
(pungent)
392;
spicy,
appetizing,
provocative,
provoquant†,
tantalizing.
eager to go,
anxious to go,
chafing at the bit.
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Roget 825:
excitable,
easily excited,
in an excitable state;
high-strung;
irritable
etc.
(irascible)
901;
impatient,
intolerant.
feverish,
febrile,
hysterical;
delirious,
mad,
moody,
maggoty-headed.
unquiet,
mercurial,
electric,
galvanic,
hasty,
hurried,
restless,
fidgety,
fussy;
chafing
etc.
v..
startlish†,
mettlesome,
high-mettled†,
skittish.
vehement,
demonstrative,
violent,
wild,
furious,
fierce,
fiery,
hot-headed,
madcap.
overzealous,
enthusiastic,
impassioned,
fanatical;
rabid
etc.
(eager)
865.
rampant,
clamorous,
uproarious,
turbulent,
tempestuous,
tumultuary†,
boisterous.
impulsive,
impetuous,
passionate;
uncontrolled,
uncontrollable;
ungovernable,
irrepressible,
stanchless†,
inextinguishable,
burning,
simmering,
volcanic,
ready to burst forth,
volatile.
excited,
exciting
etc.
824.
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2 exciting
Stimulating interest and discussion.
Moby thesaurus: acceptable, adorable, agitating, agreeable, alluring, amazing, appealing, appetizing, ardent, arresting, astonishing, astounding, attractive, beguiling, bewitching, blandishing, breathtaking, burning, cajoling, captivating, catching, challenging, charged, charismatic, charming, cliff-hanging, coaxing, come-hither, coquettish, desirable, disquieting, distracting, disturbing, electric, electrifying, emphatic, enchanting, encouraging, energizing, engaging, enravishing, enthralling, enthusiastic, enticing, entrancing, enviable, exhilarating, exhilarative, exotic, fascinating, fervent, fetching, fiery, flirtatious, galvanic, galvanizing, glamorous, glowing, heady, heart-expanding, heart-stirring, heart-swelling, heart-thrilling, hypnotic, impassioned, impressive, inflammatory, inspiring, interesting, intoxicating, intriguing, invigorating, inviting, irresistible, jarring, jolting, juicy, likable, lively, lovable, maddening, mesmeric, mind-blowing, mind-boggling, mouth-watering, moving, overcoming, overmastering, overpowering, overwhelming, passionate, perturbing, piquant, pleasing, prepossessing, prompting, provocative, provoking, provoquant, racy, ravishing, readable, rich, rip-roaring, rousing, seducing, seductive, sensuous, sexy, siren, sirenic, soul-stirring, spellbinding, spellful, spicy, spirit-stirring, stimulant, stimulating, stimulative, stirring, striking, succulent, suspenseful, suspensive, taking, tantalizing, teasing, telling, tempting, thought-challenging, thought-inspiring, thought-provoking, thrilling, thrilly, tickling, titillating, titillative, to be desired, toothsome, troubling, unobjectionable, unsettling, upsetting, urgent, vehement, voluptuous, warm, winning, winsome, witching, worth having ... show more.
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