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1. The feeling of lively and cheerful joy
   "he could hardly conceal his excitement when she agreed";
   - exhilaration
    
2. The state of being emotionally aroused and worked up
   "his face was flushed with excitement and his hands trembled";
   - excitation, inflammation, fervor [US], fervour [Brit, Cdn]
    
3. Something that agitates and arouses
   "he looked forward to the excitements of the day";
   - excitation
    
4. Disturbance usually in protest
   - agitation, turmoil, upheaval, hullabaloo [informal], hullaballoo

Derived forms: excitements

See also: exciting, unexciting

Type of: arousal, disturbance, emotional arousal, joy, joyfulness, joyousness, rousing

Encyclopedia: Excitement