as in nervous
easily excited by nature
an excitable child who needs a stable home life
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Recent Examples of excitable
And while her personality — playful, curious, excitable — certainly comes through, these calls are dominated by interruptions.
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Bilge Ebiri, Vulture, 7 Nov. 2025
Even though this is a super chill and calm Full Moon, the energy can be excitable and erratic for most of us, due to the proximity of the Moon to the Earth.
—Lisa Stardust, Refinery29, 4 Nov. 2025
Don Phillips, the casting director, was an excitable character who put his whole heart into finding new faces.
—Cameron Crowe, HollywoodReporter, 24 Oct. 2025
The text is excitable and wayward, while many of the photographs are dramatically dull.
—Literary Hub, 16 Oct. 2025
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Bilge Ebiri, Vulture, 7 Nov. 2025
Even though this is a super chill and calm Full Moon, the energy can be excitable and erratic for most of us, due to the proximity of the Moon to the Earth.
—Lisa Stardust, Refinery29, 4 Nov. 2025
Don Phillips, the casting director, was an excitable character who put his whole heart into finding new faces.
—Cameron Crowe, HollywoodReporter, 24 Oct. 2025
The text is excitable and wayward, while many of the photographs are dramatically dull.
—Literary Hub, 16 Oct. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for excitable
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From a portable power bank to keep your phone charged to noise-canceling headphones that will drown out stressful sounds, these travel accessories will help nervous fliers and frequent travelers alike have easier journeys.—
Alesandra Dubin,
Travel + Leisure,
9 Jan. 2026
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But now there's a new robo-tech in town, and my Roadie 3 is looking very nervous indeed.—
New Atlas,
New Atlas,
9 Jan. 2026
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Key's Jerry is a disruption through and through, knocking everything just a little off-kilter with each volatile appearance.—
Shania Russell,
Entertainment Weekly,
9 Jan. 2026
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Paul Weller is still a godlike figure, but the Jam themselves had a really distinct chemistry and sounded very volatile onstage and are among the great punk groups.—
Devon Ivie,
Vulture,
8 Jan. 2026
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In Clayton’s and Josephson’s hands, though, the fawn response becomes something more pliable, less a sign of acute threat than a broadly anxious orientation to the world.—
Katy Waldman,
New Yorker,
12 Jan. 2026
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Six-year-old Lucas Kincaid of Molalla, Oregon stood with his family to take a final peek in the hulking main telescope beneath the dome in anxious anticipation, snug in his furry hooded jacket like a hibernating bear cub about to meet the Wonderful Wizard of Oz.—
Jeff Spry,
Space.com,
11 Jan. 2026
Adjective
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This technique, sometimes called ski cutting, involves traversing across a slope to try and get unstable snow to slide down.—
Madison Dapcevich,
Outside,
13 Jan. 2026
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Antioxidants are compounds found in certain foods that help protect your cells from damage and disease caused by the build-up of unstable molecules called free radicals.—
Lauren Panoff,
Verywell Health,
13 Jan. 2026
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This hyperactive rhythm section allowed Belew and Fripp to expand the definition of lead guitarists.—
Sam Sodomsky,
Pitchfork,
11 Jan. 2026
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The Aussie trio’s rowdy rants, unpretentious attitudes and pub accents come across as the hyperactive equivalent of chasing a can of Red Bull with a round of Malort shots.—
Bob Gendron,
Chicago Tribune,
9 Jan. 2026
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“Excitable.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/excitable. Accessed 15 Jan. 2026.
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