Lexic.us

Definition of Excitement

1. Noun. The feeling of lively and cheerful joy. "He could hardly conceal his excitement when she agreed"

2. Noun. The state of being emotionally aroused and worked up. "He tried to calm those who were in a state of extreme inflammation"

3. Noun. Something that agitates and arouses. "He looked forward to the excitements of the day"

4. Noun. Disturbance usually in protest.

Definition of Excitement

1. n. 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.

Definition of Excitement

1. Noun. the state of being excited (emotionally aroused). ¹

2. Noun. something that excites. ¹

¹ Source: wiktionary.com

Definition of Excitement

1. [n -S]

Medical Definition of Excitement

1. 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. A state of aroused or increased vital activity in an organism, or any of its organs or tissues. Origin: Cf. OF. Excitement, escitement. Source: Websters Dictionary (01 Mar 1998)

Lexicographical Neighbors of Excitement

excitatory amino acids excitatory junction potential excitatory postsynaptic potential excitatory postsynaptic potentials excitatory synapse excite exciteable exciteableness excited excited atom

excited catatonia excited state excited states excitedly exciteful excitement excitements exciter exciters excites

excitin' exciting exciting cause exciting electrode exciting eye excitingly excitingness excitive excitives excito-motion

Literary usage of Excitement

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. The American Journal of Psychology by Granville Stanley Hall, Edward Bradford Titchener (1904)
"This state of mind, then, independently even of any bodily excitement, seems to be an ... In other words, where there is no excitement directly aroused by a ..."

2. Principles of Physics, Or Natural Philosophy: Designed for the Use of by Benjamin Silliman (1865)
"If precaution* are taken to insulate these, as with mica it is easy to do, by scaling wax, they also show the effects of electrical excitement by tho ..."

3. A History of the People of the United States: From the Revolution to the by John Bach McMaster (1910)
"No excitement followed, however, till the middle of May, when a Mormon, ... Then the people went wild with excitement, and launches, sloops, lighters, ..."

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