excitiveadj.
/ɛkˈsʌɪtɪv/ Tending to excite. Const. of.
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the mind > emotion > excitement > exciting > [adjective]
stirring1421
excitative1490
rousing1576
animating1595
excitant1608
exciteful?1615
spirit-stirringa1616
spiritous1624
excitatinga1643
exagitating1646
fermentive1656
awakening1694
electrifying1746
upstirring1751
electrical1760
thrilling1768
excitive1774
proceleusmatic1775
electric1789
inspiriting1796
fermentitious1807
exciting1811
red-hot1835
hair-raising1838
suscitating1840
arousing1841
sizzling1845
zesty1853
excitory1861
throbbing1864
buzzing1882
ding-dong1887
thrillful1887
stir-up1890
large1895
thrilly1896
high voltage1909
voltaic1920
sizzly1936
Boy's Own1967
hot shit1967
crunk1995
1774 N. W. Wraxall Let. in Tour N. Europe (1776) 164 A sight rather excitive of disgust than desire.
1862 J. H. Burton Book-hunter 51 The least excitive of the bad passions.
This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1894; most recently modified version published online March 2018).
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