1
as in to thrill
to cause a pleasurable stimulation of the feelings
for some reason the first snowfall of the season never fails to excite us
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as in to provoke
to rouse to strong feeling or action
televised pictures of the victims of the famine that would excite any viewer to pity
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Recent Examples of excite
The victim’s mother, Lillian Burton, had been excited about becoming a mom for the second time, friends and relatives said.
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Colin Mixson, New York Daily News, 28 May 2025
Once a partnership looks promising and leadership begins to get excited, there’s a temptation to rush through the deal points as quickly as possible.
—Jennifer Lotito, Forbes.com, 27 May 2025
Diplomatic appointments do not usually excite the world’s metalheads.
—Ephrat Livni, New York Times, 21 May 2025
The first sign that his tour might excite the public came on the opening day, in Omaha, where the organizers switched venues to accommodate a rush of attendees and still had to turn hundreds more away.
—Evan Osnos, New Yorker, 26 May 2025
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Colin Mixson, New York Daily News, 28 May 2025
Once a partnership looks promising and leadership begins to get excited, there’s a temptation to rush through the deal points as quickly as possible.
—Jennifer Lotito, Forbes.com, 27 May 2025
Diplomatic appointments do not usually excite the world’s metalheads.
—Ephrat Livni, New York Times, 21 May 2025
The first sign that his tour might excite the public came on the opening day, in Omaha, where the organizers switched venues to accommodate a rush of attendees and still had to turn hundreds more away.
—Evan Osnos, New Yorker, 26 May 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for excite
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This new experience is at turns thrilling, distressing and overwhelming for Patience, depending on the moment.—
Nina Metz,
Chicago Tribune,
12 June 2025
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The match featured thrilling shot-making and incredible defense by both players, and is already being called one of the greatest matches ever played.—
Adam Zagoria,
Forbes.com,
8 June 2025
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Couple that with an alarming increase in misogyny in both politics and the culture at large, and women in the public eye are at constant risk of accidentally provoking these types of hate campaigns.—
Stephanie McNeal,
Glamour,
13 June 2025
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The 1925 offside rule, therefore, initially created incredibly attack-minded football, and then provoked considerably more cautious football.—
Michael Cox,
New York Times,
12 June 2025
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Yet, while the potential is electrifying, a critical question looms: The technology is advancing at breakneck speed, but are our organizations, and specifically our people, ready to harness it?—
Dana Berg,
Forbes.com,
13 June 2025
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For this summer’s friendly matches and the Gold Cup, Pochettino will operate without a few of the old mainstays, most particularly superstar Christian Pulisic, who electrified the Rentschler crowd with a goal against Germany a year and a half ago.—
Dom Amore,
Hartford Courant,
5 June 2025
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These plays still aren’t consistent from Ivey, but look for the Pistons to put him in more pick-and-roll situations to encourage more growth in that department.—
Hunter Patterson,
New York Times,
18 June 2025
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State lawmakers created the program in 2017 to encourage more publicly funded, privately run schools to open in areas where traditional public schools had been failing for years, giving students and families in those neighborhoods a way to bail out of a persistently struggling school.—
Kate Payne,
The Orlando Sentinel,
18 June 2025
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Anything to do with the arts and the entertainment world will delight you.—
Georgia Nicols,
Denver Post,
16 June 2025
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All About George, Charlotte, Louis, Archie and Lilibet Prince Louis, 7, Hilariously Copies Big Brother Prince George, 11, Flipping His Hair on Live TV When the royals gathered on the Buckingham Palace balcony for the event's grand finale, the aerial flypast, Prince Louis continued to delight.—
Stephanie Petit,
People.com,
14 June 2025
Verb
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These drugs stimulate the pancreas to release insulin, which then decreases blood sugar levels.—
Omer Awan,
Forbes.com,
17 June 2025
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During the growing season, the plant is a heavy feeder that needs regular fertilization to stimulate new growth and flowers.—
Mary Marlowe Leverette,
Southern Living,
15 June 2025
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The film also stars Yul Vazquez, Ashlie Atkinson and Spencer Watson. Co-written by Greengrass and Brad Inglesby, The Lost Bus is inspired by true events featured in Lizzie Johnson’s 2021 book Paradise: One Town’s Struggle to Survive an American Wildfire.—
Glenn Garner,
Deadline,
8 June 2025
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Fat Kahuna’s is another beloved spot for creative seafood inspired by Hawaii, like Macadamia Nut Encrusted Mahi Mahi.—
Lisa Cericola,
Southern Living,
8 June 2025
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From classic role plays surrounding one's age or pets to the strangely specific, like men being aroused by women playing with toy cars or eating pizza.—
Melissa Fleur Afshar,
MSNBC Newsweek,
7 June 2025
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The offensive Orientalist depictions of Chinese characters that were common in Hollywood films of that era inevitably aroused strong passions in Chinese audiences.—
H.M.A. Leow,
JSTOR Daily,
3 June 2025
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“Excite.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/excite. Accessed 22 Jun. 2025.
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