1. (of persons) excessively affected by emotion
   "he would become excited over nothing at all";
   - aroused, emotional, worked up
    
2. In an aroused state
   "The excited fans cheered as their team scored the winning goal"
    
3. Marked by uncontrolled excitement or emotion
   "a crowd of excited baseball fans";
   - delirious, frantic, mad, unrestrained
    
4. (physics/chemistry) raised to a higher energy state
   "Excited electrons"; "Excited atomic states"

1. Arouse or elicit a feeling
   "The announcement excited curiosity among the students"
    
2. Cause to be agitated, excited, or roused
   "The news excited the crowd";
   - agitate, rouse, turn on, charge, commove [archaic], charge up
    
3. Arouse feelings in
   "excite the audience";
   - stimulate, stir
    
4. Excite the feelings or emotions of; disturb the peace of
   "These stories excited the community";
   - shake, shake up, stir
    
5. To evoke sexual feelings
   "This movie usually excites the male audience";
   - arouse, turn on, wind up
    
6. Act as a stimulant
   "The book excited her imagination";
   - stimulate
    
7. Raise to a higher energy level
   "excite the atoms";
   - energize, energise [Brit]
    
8. Produce a magnetic field in
   "excite the neurons"

See also: aflutter, agitated, agog, crazy [informal], drunk, fevered, intoxicated, nervous, overexcited, thrilled, thrillful, wild, wrought-up

Type of: affect, alter, arouse, bear on, bear upon, change, disturb, elicit, enkindle [literary], evoke, impact, kindle, modify, provoke, raise, sensitise [Brit], sensitize, trouble, upset

Antonym: dampen, unexcited

Encyclopedia: Excited