as in nervousness
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Recent Examples of excitability
Whereas fear scores stayed fairly stable across years, and attention/excitability was slightly higher for dogs enrolled in 2022.
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New Atlas, 21 Sep. 2025
Specifically, the team was looking at trends in dogs’ fear, attention and excitability, aggression, and trainability.
—Laura Baisas, Popular Science, 10 Sep. 2025
In contrast, the canines tend to show lower levels of aggression, rivalry with other dogs, trainability, and excitability.
—Lucy Notarantonio, MSNBC Newsweek, 21 Aug. 2025
New Atlas, 21 Sep. 2025
Specifically, the team was looking at trends in dogs’ fear, attention and excitability, aggression, and trainability.
—Laura Baisas, Popular Science, 10 Sep. 2025
In contrast, the canines tend to show lower levels of aggression, rivalry with other dogs, trainability, and excitability.
—Lucy Notarantonio, MSNBC Newsweek, 21 Aug. 2025
Recent Examples of Synonyms for excitability
Noun
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But that effort speaks, at least in part, to the industry’s nervousness.—
Bill McKibben,
New Yorker,
20 Feb. 2026
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In an interview with WWD a few days ahead of the big event on Friday, Cantini Parrini retraced the race against time and the many challenges that came with the project, without hiding some nervousness about its outcome and the reaction from the audience.—
Sandra Salibian,
Footwear News,
6 Feb. 2026
Noun
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Tobacco parallels The Los Angeles trial centers on allegations made by a 20-year-old woman, Kaley, and her mother that four social media giants intentionally designed addictive platforms that hooked her as a child and led to mental health challenges, including anxiety and depression.—
Clare Duffy,
CNN Money,
22 Feb. 2026
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The lurch from confidence to anxiety has been a key reason Villa have not held their nerve in some supposedly easier fixtures.—
Jacob Tanswell,
New York Times,
22 Feb. 2026
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“Excitability.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/excitability. Accessed 26 Feb. 2026.
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