excited
(of persons) excessively affected by emotion
How often you will meet it
Rank 1,508 of 71,295 words measured. It occurs 12,127 times across 155,370 chapters — 0.006% of every word in the library.
What it means
adjective
- (of persons) excessively affected by emotion also: aroused, emotional, worked up he would become emotional over nothing at allshe was worked up about all the noise
- in an aroused state
- marked by uncontrolled excitement or emotion also: delirious, frantic, mad, unrestrained a crowd of delirious baseball fanssomething frantic in their gaiety
- (of e.g. a molecule) made reactive or more reactive also: activated
excited in real books
Each sentence below was written by a published author and is taken from a different book in our library. Open one to read the passage it came from, with narration.
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They were on foot, and seemed tired and excited.
Following the Equator — Part 1 · Mark Twain · Chapter 1
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She looked excited and determined, and slightly on the defensive.
The Mysterious Affair at Styles · Agatha Christie · Chapter 1
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In this disordered room, in the midst of these excited people, that word, the “police,” sounded like a thunderclap.
Other People's Money · Emile Gaboriau · Chapter 1
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So, as he was jumping from one tree to another, he spied something down on the ground which excited his curiosity.
The Adventures of Prickly Porky · Thornton W. (Thornton Waldo) Burgess · Chapter 1
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The latter saw him; grew very excited, cursed him and drove him from his farm with bitter oaths and violent threats.
The Red Record Tabulated Statistics · Ida B. Wells-Barnett · Chapter 1