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excitement |
2 definitions found From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: Excitement \Ex*cite"ment\n. [Cf. OF excitement, escitement.] 1. The act of exciting, or the state of being roused into action or of having increased action impulsion; agitation; as an excitement of the people. 2. That which excites or rouses; that which moves stirs, or induces action a motive. The cares and excitements of a season of transition and struggle. --Talfowrd. 3. (Physiol.) A state of aroused or increased vital activity in an organism, or any of its organs or tissues. From WordNet r 1.6 [wn]: excitement n 1: the feeling of lively and cheerful joy; "he could hardly conceal his excitement when she agreed" [syn: {exhilaration}] 2: the state of being excited; "his face was flushed with excitement and his hands trembled" 3: something that excites; "he looked forward to the excitements of the day" [syn: {excitation}] 4: disturbance usually in protest [syn: {agitation}, {turmoil}, {upheaval}, {hullabaloo}]
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