Excite

Verb

 * 1)  To stir the emotions of.
 * The fireworks which opened the festivities excited anyone present.
 * 1)  To arouse or bring out (eg feelings); to stimulate.
 * Favoritism tends to excite jealousy in the ones not being favored.
 * The political reforms excited unrest among to population.
 * There are drugs designed to excite certain nerves in our body.
 * , To cause an electron to move to a higher than normal state; to promote an electron to an outer level.
 * By applying electric potential to the neon atoms, the electrons become excited, then emit a photon when returning to normal.

Adverbs for Excite
strongly; mutinously; painfully; sedulously; intensely; fiercely; supernaturally; wildly; vivaciously; pleasurably; contagiously; artificially; tremulously; exhaustingly; boundlessly; terrifically; preternaturally; sensuously; coarsely; riotously; scandalously; hilariously; hectically; intellectually.

Synonyms for Excite
rouse, activate, provoke, arouse, incite, awaken, stimulate, irritate, agitate, inflame, kindle, anger, induce, offend, aggravate, enrage, incense, chafe, exasperate, tease, annoy, worry, goad, taunt, mock.

Antonyms for Excite
relax, calm, allay, pacify, deaden, soothe, soften, lull, quiet, repress, check, compose, assuage, appease, abate, alleviate, calm, subdue, reconcile, conciliate, mollify, mitigate, tranquilize, lessen, palliate, ameliorate, propitiate, moderate, ease, comfort.

Related terms

 * excitement

Thesaurus
activate, affect the interest, agitate, anger, animate, annoy, arouse, attract, awake, awaken, beat, beat up, begin, blow the coals, blow up, bring about, call forth, call up, cause, churn, churn up, concern, convulse, cultivate, disarrange, discompose, disconcert, disquiet, disturb, effect, electrify, elicit, energize, enkindle, enliven, enrage, excite interest, fan, fan the fire, fan the flame, fascinate, feed the fire, ferment, fire, fire up, flame, flurry, fluster, foment, frenzy, fret, galvanize, generate, get going, heat, heat up, hop up, ignite, impassion, incense, incite, inflame, infuriate, initiate, inspire, inspirit, instigate, interest, intrigue, invigorate, invite, involve in, key up, kindle, lather up, light the fuse, light up, madden, make sensitive, motivate, move, nettle, occasion, overexcite, paddle, perturb, perturbate, pique, prime, prod, provoke, put up to, quicken, rally, refine, rile, ripple, roil, roughen, rouse, ruffle, rumple, sensibilize, sensitize, set astir, set fire to, set in motion, set on, set on fire, shake, shake up, sharpen, sic on, spark, spur on, start, steam up, stimulate, stir, stir the blood, stir the embers, stir the feelings, stir up, summon up, swirl, tantalize, thrill, tickle, titillate, touch off, trouble, turn on, upset, urge, wake, wake up, waken, warm, warm the blood, whet, whip, whip up, whisk, wind up, work into, work up

Etymology
< exciten: < 🇫🇴 exciter: <  excitare:, frequentative of exciere: < ex: + ciere:. See cite and compare to accite, concite, incite.

Translations

 * Czech:
 * Dutch: prikkelen, opwinden
 * Finnish: ,
 * French:


 * German:
 * Hebrew: הלהיב, עורר
 * Latin:
 * Swahili:


 * Czech:
 * Dutch: stimuleren, prikkelen
 * Finnish: ,
 * French:


 * German: erregen, anregen (nerves)
 * Hebrew: עורר, ליבה, דירבן
 * Swahili:


 * Czech: excitovat
 * Dutch: exciteren
 * Finnish:


 * French:
 * Hebrew: עורר
 * Swahili:


 * : tokimeki
 * : ecitar
 * : excitar