Definitions
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.
- adjective Easily excited.
- adjective Capable of responding to stimuli.
from The Century Dictionary.
- Susceptible of or prone to excitement; capable of being excited; easily stirred up or stimulated: as, an excitable temperament.
- Synonyms Passionate, choleric, hasty, hot.
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- adjective Capable of being excited, or roused into action; susceptible of excitement; easily stirred up, or stimulated.
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.
- adjective Easily
excited .
from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
- adjective capable of responding to stimuli
- adjective easily excited
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Examples
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** Show title must be uttered in excitable British accent.
Zenyatta whips boys in Breeders' Cup Classic: Could 'Dancing With the Stars' be next? | EW.com 2009
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That the nervous system in Mrs. Carlyle was all along unstable and excitable is indicated by her intolerance of noise of all kinds, which was as great as that of her husband, and by her sleeplessness, which was even worse than his.
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They are "excitable" -- you know, like children are.
John Knefel: Barack Obama's Disturbing Pattern of Condescension Towards the Left 2009
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These days, Huggins is the farthest thing from "excitable" -- off the court, at least.
SI.com 2010
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These days, Huggins is the farthest thing from "excitable" -- off the court, at least.
SI.com 2010
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(confirmed later by Pratt) because it was the first direct evidence of the ungraded character of the wave of activity in excitable tissues other than the heart.
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In the lawsuit, he said he was unfairly labelled excitable, emotional and unable to control his anger.
The Times of India 2010
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(My copy of this report from the FBI reading room expunged this informant's comments about Lt. G's "excitable" nature.)
Miss Yourlovin: GIs, Gender, and Domesticity during World War II 2008
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But when you work in IT like i do it doesn't matter when your most "excitable" when ever the system goes down you better be able to fix it.
Peak Performance Times For Morning People And Night Owls | Lifehacker Australia 2009
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I too listened to the broadcast and although Lee Barnes came across as "excitable" he made some very good points.
On Thursday, the Legg report will be published along with... 2008
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