Excited meaning

What does “excited” mean? Definitions, examples, synonyms and opposites.

“excited” is an adjective with 4 meanings. Its most common meaning is: (of persons) excessively affected by emotion.

excited

(of persons) excessively affected by emotion
“he would become emotional over nothing at all”
“she was worked up about all the noise”
Synonymsaroused emotional worked up
in an aroused state
Oppositesunexcited
marked by uncontrolled excitement or emotion
“a crowd of delirious baseball fans”
“something frantic in their gaiety”
Synonymsdelirious frantic mad unrestrained
(of e.g. a molecule) made reactive or more reactive
Synonymsactivated

Source: WordNet 3.1, Princeton University