Excitement : Dictionary / Wörterbuch (BEOLINGUS, TU Chemnitz)

English Dictionary: Excitement	by the DICT Development Group
2 results for Excitement
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
excitement n the feeling of lively and cheerful joy; "he could hardly conceal his excitement when she agreed" Synonym(s): exhilaration, excitement the state of being emotionally aroused and worked up; "his face was flushed with excitement and his hands trembled"; "he tried to calm those who were in a state of extreme inflammation" Synonym(s): excitement, excitation, inflammation, fervor, fervour something that agitates and arouses; "he looked forward to the excitements of the day" Synonym(s): excitation, excitement disturbance usually in protest Synonym(s): agitation, excitement, turmoil, upheaval, hullabaloo
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Excitement \Excite"ment\n. [Cf. OF. excitement, escitement.] 1. The act of exciting, or the state of being roused into action, or of having increased action; impulsion; agitation; as, an excitement* of the people. 2. That which excites or rouses; that which moves, stirs, or induces action; a motive. The cares and excitements of a season of transition and struggle. --Talfowrd. 3. (Physiol.) A state of aroused or increased vital activity in an organism, or any of its organs or tissues.