as in nervous
easily excited by nature
an excitable child who needs a stable home life
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Recent Examples of excitable
When pyramidal cells are too excitable, memory processing becomes noisy and disorganized.
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New Atlas, 11 Sep. 2025
Tony has fully bought into the dream, and Skarsgård plays him with excitable, boyish humor, almost as if the whole thing were a game.
—Bilge Ebiri, Vulture, 2 Sep. 2025
Imrie rounds out the core quartet of The Thursday Murder Club as Joyce Meadowcroft, an excitable nurse.
—Randall Colburn, EW.com, 28 Aug. 2025
High-quality materials ensure structural integrity and stability, even during excitable moments during intense gaming sessions.
—Mark Sparrow, Forbes.com, 26 Aug. 2025
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New Atlas, 11 Sep. 2025
Tony has fully bought into the dream, and Skarsgård plays him with excitable, boyish humor, almost as if the whole thing were a game.
—Bilge Ebiri, Vulture, 2 Sep. 2025
Imrie rounds out the core quartet of The Thursday Murder Club as Joyce Meadowcroft, an excitable nurse.
—Randall Colburn, EW.com, 28 Aug. 2025
High-quality materials ensure structural integrity and stability, even during excitable moments during intense gaming sessions.
—Mark Sparrow, Forbes.com, 26 Aug. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for excitable
Adjective
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But as the departure date neared and the plane tickets hadn’t arrived, Pérez got nervous.—
Melissa Sanchez,
ProPublica,
10 Oct. 2025
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Children usually accompany the players onto the pitch, wide-eyed youngsters in pristine kits, looking nervous and staring up in awe at Harry Kane or Bukayo Saka or Declan Rice.—
Nick Miller,
New York Times,
9 Oct. 2025
Adjective
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Prosecutors had previously argued Collins posed a danger for bringing a weapon into a volatile setting, though Kling maintained his client never brandished the firearm.—
Amanda Castro,
MSNBC Newsweek,
8 Oct. 2025
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Trump’s trade war has thrown the global trade status quo into disarray, and investors are looking to move their assets from more volatile paper currency.—
Ramishah Maruf,
CNN Money,
8 Oct. 2025
Adjective
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Yair's release in February 2025 brought relief to the family, but left them deeply anxious for Eitan.—
Itay Stern,
NPR,
13 Oct. 2025
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Limburg said the program is designed to reach people who have not been screened because of lack of medical access or transportation barriers − as well as those who are anxious or fearful over getting a colonoscopy.—
Ken Alltucker,
USA Today,
12 Oct. 2025
Adjective
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Turnover among school leaders remains unstable, however.—
Kayla Huynh,
jsonline.com,
6 Oct. 2025
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The jump in homeless youth represents a rising number of Cincinnati families who face unstable housing situations, said Rico Blackman, director of organizing at the Greater Cincinnati Homeless Coalition.—
Elizabeth B. Kim,
Cincinnati Enquirer,
6 Oct. 2025
Adjective
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The hyperactive news cycle demands everyone create some kind of schema for figuring out what’s going on, and our era is typified with crackpot right-wing conspiracies that fill that void.—
Literary Hub,
Literary Hub,
7 Oct. 2025
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However, people with ASD are more likely to have trouble shifting their focus rather than being easily distracted and hyperactive in general.—
Laura Dorwart,
Health,
29 Sep. 2025
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“Excitable.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/excitable. Accessed 13 Oct. 2025.
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