exciteverb [ T ]
uk/ɪkˈsaɪt/us/ɪkˈsaɪt/excite verb [ T ] (MAKE HAPPY)
to make someone have strong feelings of happiness and enthusiasm:
Nothing about my life excites me at present.
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Making people excited and interested
- absorbed
- animate
- be sb's bag idiom
- breathe (new) life into sth idiom
- captivate
- capture
- catch
- enthuse
- entrance 1
- intrigue
- occupy
- pulse
- pump
- pump sb up
- reinvigorate
- rivet
- swing
- talk sth up
- whip sth up
- wow factor
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excite verb [ T ] (CAUSE REACTION)
formal to cause a particular reaction in someone:
This product has excited a great deal of media interest.
The statement excited new speculation that a senior official may be about to resign.
She has a mischievous desire to excite my jealousy.
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Causing things to happen
- -ization
- -ize
- actuate
- actuation
- agent
- awaken (sth) in sb
- be associated with sth
- beget
- draw
- fuel
- instigator
- introduce
- jumping-off point
- lie
- plant
- produce
- rise
- usher sth in
- wreak
- wrought
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excite verb [ T ] (CAUSE SEXUAL EXCITEMENT)
to cause someone to feel sexual excitement
excite verb [ T ] (MAKE MORE ACTIVE)
specialized science to make something, for example particles or cells, more active:
Microwaves will penetrate the first few layers of the epidermal layer and excite the particles there.