excite

Meaning

To stir the emotions of.
To arouse or bring out (e.g. feelings); to stimulate.
To cause an electron to move to a higher than normal state; to promote an electron to an outer level.
To energize (an electromagnet); to produce a magnetic field in.

stimulate

arouse

set on edge

tintillate

fill with enthusiasm

load a gun

make happy

soup up

strike up

pick up heavy object 3

treat in

fever

🤒

cause disorder

be extremely frightened

tremble with terror

juice up

ani-mate

stimulate to exertion

make eager

jazz around

arouse enthusiasm

call into action

cause trouble

emotion

enrage

get angry

Frequency

Hyphenated as

ex‧cite

Pronounced as (IPA)

/ɪkˈsaɪt/

From Middle English exciten, from Old French exciter, from Latin excitare (“call out, call forth, arouse, wake up, stimulate”), frequentative of exciere (“call out, arouse, excite”), from ex (“out”) + ciere (“call, summon”). See cite and compare to accite, concite, incite.

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