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excited

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ex·cit·ed  (k-std)
adj.
1. Being in a state of excitement; emotionally aroused; stirred.
2. Physics Being at an energy level higher than the ground state.

ex·cited·ly adv.
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Adj.1.excitedexcited - (of persons) excessively affected by emotion; "he would become emotional over nothing at all"; "she was worked up about all the noise"
agitated - troubled emotionally and usually deeply; "agitated parents"
2.excitedexcited - in an aroused state
agitated - troubled emotionally and usually deeply; "agitated parents"
unexcited - not excited; "made an unexcited appraisal of the situation"
3.excitedexcited - marked by uncontrolled excitement or emotion; "a crowd of delirious baseball fans"; "something frantic in their gaiety"; "a mad whirl of pleasure"
wild - marked by extreme lack of restraint or control; "wild talk"; "wild parties"
4.excited - (of e.g. a molecule) made reactive or more reactive
natural philosophy, physics - the science of matter and energy and their interactions; "his favorite subject was physics"
reactive - participating readily in reactions; "sodium is a reactive metal"; "free radicals are very reactive"

excited
Translations
French excited [ɪkˈsaɪtəd] excite adj(tout(toute)) excité(e);
to get excited → s'exciter

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When darkness had again hid the objects in the village from the gaze of Elizabeth, she turned from the window, where she had remained while the least vestige of light lingered over the tops of the dark pines, with a curiosity that was rather excited than appeased by the passing glimpses of woodland scenery that she had caught during the day.
THE feeling of interest excited by the Trial was prodigiously increased on the fourth day.
You know how I have loved you; you can intimately judge of my present feelings, but I am not so weak as to find indulgence in describing them to a woman who will glory in having excited their anguish, but whose affection they have never been able to gain.
 
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