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EXCITING
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I. (adjective)
Sense 1
Meaning:
Creating or arousing excitement
Example:
an exciting account of her trip
Classified under:
Similar:
breathless; breathtaking (tending to cause suspension of regular breathing)
elating; exhilarating (making lively and joyful)
electric; galvanic; galvanising; galvanizing (affected by emotion as if by electricity; thrilling)
electrifying; thrilling (causing a surge of emotion or excitement)
glamorous; glamourous (having an air of allure, romance and excitement)
heady; intoxicating (extremely exciting as if by alcohol or a narcotic)
titillating (pleasantly and superficially exciting)
tickling; tingling; titillating (exciting by touching lightly so as to cause laughter or twitching movements)
Also:
interesting (arousing or holding the attention)
provocative (serving or tending to provoke, excite, or stimulate; stimulating discussion or exciting controversy)
sexy (marked by or tending to arouse sexual desire or interest)
stimulating (rousing or quickening activity or the senses)
Attribute:
excitation; excitement; fervor; fervour; inflammation (the state of being emotionally aroused and worked up)
Antonym:
unexciting (not exciting)
Sense 2
Meaning:
Stimulating interest and discussion
Example:
an exciting novel
Classified under:
Similar:
stimulating (rousing or quickening activity or the senses)
II. (verb)
Sense 1
-ing form of the verb excite
Context examples:
While other similar mechanisms may exist, the findings are nonetheless exciting.
(Study helps solve mystery of how sleep protects against heart disease, National Institutes of Health)
This research shows that exciting new discoveries can be made in poorly known groups in even the most heavily sampled areas, says Simon Malcomber, a program director in NSF's Division of Environmental Biology.
(New sea slug species discovered near condominiums of Florida’s Cedar Key, National Science Foundation)
Meanwhile, he saw enough of Fanny's embarrassment to make him scrupulously guard against exciting it a second time, by any word, or look, or movement.
(Mansfield Park, by Jane Austen)
He LOOKED all the astonishment which such unexpected, such unthought-of information could not fail of exciting; but he said only these two words, Colonel Brandon!
(Sense and Sensibility, by Jane Austen)
It was evident that something very exciting was either happening or expected, but though I asked each passenger, no one would give me the slightest explanation.
(Dracula, by Bram Stoker)
It was almost as exciting as riding a fast horse, when we went rushing on so grandly.
(Little Women, by Louisa May Alcott)
Mr. and Mrs. John Knightley, from having been longer than usual absent from Surry, were exciting of course rather more than the usual interest.
(Emma, by Jane Austen)
“My, it’s exciting!” she cried, pausing from sheer weakness. “I think I’ll sit down.”
(The Sea-Wolf, by Jack London)
Empirical evidence supporting these simulations has been limited, unfortunately, which makes this new work rather exciting.
(Our Sun Could Have Been Born With an Evil Twin Called "Nemesis", The Titi Tudorancea Bulletin)
The researchers looked at how aluminium and chromium were zoned in the crystals and realised that this pattern was telling them something exciting and new about magma storage time.
(‘Crystal clocks’ used to time magma storage before volcanic eruptions, University of Cambridge)
