excitement

ex·cite·ment  (k-stmnt)

n.

1.

a. The act or an instance of exciting.

b. The condition of being excited.

2. Something that excites: the dancing tigers and other circus excitements.

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excitement [ɪkˈsaɪtmənt]

n

1. the state of being excited

2. a person or thing that excites; stimulation or thrill

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Excitement 

See Also: AGITATION, ENERGY, ENTHUSIASM

1. The blood burning in all his veins, like fire in all the branches and twigs of him —D. H. Lawrence
2. The blood surged through me like a sea —R. Wright Campbell
3. Drunk on your own high spirits, like a salesman at a convention —Dorothea Straus
4. Excited and happy as a bride-to-be —Gloria Norris See Also: HAPPINESS
5. Excited as a cop making his first pinch —H. C. Witwer
6. Excited as a puppy at a picnic —Nicholas Proffitt
7. Excited as a starlet, on the arm of an elderly editor —Philip Roth
8. Excited as schoolchildren on their way to a treat —Frank Tuohy
9. Excited … like a kid with his first dish of ice-cream —Louis Bromfield
10. Excitement caused his heart to thud all over his breast like some crazy and fateful drum —Frank Swinnerton

    See Also: HEARTBEAT

11. Excitement … had grown to become an exhausting presence within him, like the constant company of a sleepless troop of revelers —Joseph Whitehill
12. Excitement rose like a hot dry wind —Marge Piercy
13. Exhausting and exhilarating … it’s [tracking Woody Allen’s career] like mountain climbing —Vincent Canby, New York Times, February 9, 1986
14. Exhilarating like a swim in a rough ocean —Mary Gordon
15. Exhilarating as love —Honore de Balzac
16. Exhilarating … very much like the effects of a strong dose of caffeine —Georges Simenon
17. Felt exhilarated as a young man at a romantic assignation —Louis Auchincloss
18. (Music that) fired her blood like wine —Katherine Mansfield
19. (The hate excited her … she was) fired up like a furnace in a blizzard night —Harold Adams
20. Flares up like a match —Sholem Aleichem
21. Flushed and voluble, like football fans on their way back from a match —Aharon Megged
22. Has about as much suspense as a loaf of bread being spread through a slicer —Scott Simon, reporting on a basketball game, “All Things Considered,” WNYC, January 31, 1987
23. Her excitement strummed like wire —Marge Piercy
24. Her excitement was deep down like a desert river under the sands —Oliver La Farge
25. Life at “Nightline” [Ted Koppel television program] is like being in a popper of popcorn news —Marshal Frady, June, 1987
26. Responding like an overheated spaniel —Clancy Sigal
27. Stirring as march music —Paige Mitchell
28. Thrilled his sleepless nerves like liquor or women on a Saturday night —John Dos Passos
29. Titillated … like naked flesh —Paul Theroux
30. Warmed by what he’d read as if it had been draughts of rum —John Cheever

Thesaurus

Noun	1.	excitement - the feeling of lively and cheerful joy; "he could hardly conceal his excitement when she agreed" exhilaration joy, joyfulness, joyousness - the emotion of great happiness thrill, kick, boot, bang, flush, rush, charge - the swift release of a store of affective force; "they got a great bang out of it"; "what a boot!"; "he got a quick rush from injecting heroin"; "he does it for kicks" intoxication - excitement and elation beyond the bounds of sobriety; "the intoxication of wealth and power" titillation - a tingling feeling of excitement (as from teasing or tickling)
	2.	excitement - the state of being emotionally aroused and worked up; "his face was flushed with excitement and his hands trembled"; "he tried to calm those who were in a state of extreme inflammation" excitation, fervour, inflammation, fervor emotional arousal - the arousal of strong emotions and emotional behavior fever pitch - a state of extreme excitement; "the crowd was at fever pitch" sensation - a state of widespread public excitement and interest; "the news caused a sensation"
	3.	excitement - something that agitates and arouses; "he looked forward to the excitements of the day" excitation arousal, rousing - the act of arousing; "the purpose of art is the arousal of emotions" chiller, hair-raiser - excitation that makes your hair stand up or that chills your bones; "the movie was an old-fashioned hair-raiser" thrill - something that causes you to experience a sudden intense feeling or sensation; "the thrills of space travel"
	4.	excitement - disturbance usually in protest       hullabaloo, turmoil, upheaval, agitation disturbance - the act of disturbing something or someone; setting something in motion

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excitement

noun

1. exhilaration, action, activity, passion, heat, thrill, adventure, enthusiasm, fever, warmth, flurry, animation, furore, ferment, agitation, commotion, elation, ado, tumult, perturbation, discomposure The audience was in a state of great excitement.

2. pleasure, thrill, sensation, stimulation, tingle, kick (informal) The game had its challenges, excitements and rewards.

Translations

excitement [ɪkˈsaɪtmənt] N

1. (= exhilaration) → emoción f, excitación f
why all the excitement?; what's all the excitement about? → ¿a qué se debe tanta excitación?
she's looking for a bit of excitement in her life → está buscando algo de emoción en su vida
in her excitement, she forgot to close the door → con la emoción, se olvidó de cerrar la puerta
the book has caused great excitement in literary circles → el libro ha causado mucha conmoción en círculos literarios

2. (= agitation) → agitación f, alboroto m

3. (sexual) → excitación f

excitement [ɪkˈsaɪtmənt] n → excitation f
to be in a state of excitement → être excité(e)
to cause excitement → faire sensation

excitement

n

→ Aufregung f; there was great excitement when … → es herrschte große Aufregung, als …; a mood of excitement → eine Spannung; a shriek of excitement → ein aufgeregter Schrei; in the excitement of the match → in der Aufregung des Spiels, im Eifer des Gefechts; she only did it for (a bit of) excitement → sie hat es nur getan, um ein bisschen Aufregung zu haben; what’s all the excitement about? → wozu die ganze Aufregung?; to be in a state of high excitement → in heller Aufregung sein; his novel has caused great excitement → sein Roman hat große Begeisterung ausgelöst; he enjoys paragliding and other such excitements → Paragliding und ähnlich aufregende Dinge machen ihm Spaß

(Physiol) → Reizung f; (sexual) → Erregung f

excitement [ɪkˈsaɪtmənt] n → eccitazione f, agitazione f
in the excitement of the departure/preparations → nell'eccitazione or agitazione della partenza/dei preparativi
the book caused great excitement → il libro ha fatto sensazione
she enjoys excitement → le piacciono le emozioni