as in nervous
easily excited by nature
an excitable child who needs a stable home life
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Recent Examples of excitable
Tony has fully bought into the dream, and Skarsgård plays him with excitable, boyish humor, almost as if the whole thing were a game.
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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
In people who suffer chronic pain, there’s emerging evidence that their sensory neurons are more excitable than usual and can therefore be more easily triggered.
—Dr. Sanjay Gupta, CNN Money, 26 Aug. 2025
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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
In people who suffer chronic pain, there’s emerging evidence that their sensory neurons are more excitable than usual and can therefore be more easily triggered.
—Dr. Sanjay Gupta, CNN Money, 26 Aug. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for excitable
Adjective
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Now, Darvish will get to pitch in front of a stadium of screaming, hopeful, nervous Cubs fans.—
Jon Greenberg,
New York Times,
2 Oct. 2025
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If presidents are stars on the stage of world history, vice presidents are nervous understudies hidden away behind the scenes.—
Book Marks
October 2,
Literary Hub,
2 Oct. 2025
Adjective
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This potential hindrance to growth adds another layer of uncertainty to an already volatile policy outlook.—
John Melloy,
CNBC,
1 Oct. 2025
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The remnants of a tropical storm that brought steamy rain and a volatile atmosphere to the Bay Area last week have faded, according to the National Weather Service.—
Rick Hurd,
Mercury News,
30 Sep. 2025
Adjective
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In the cold and austere German winter (a far cry from Dakar’s physical and cultural warmth), an anxious Nourou acts up outside a hotel and is accosted by a Polish security guard, setting off a minor chain reaction in which Maja intervenes on his behalf, much to his chagrin.—
Siddhant Adlakha,
Variety,
28 Sep. 2025
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Right now, CEOs are both bullish and anxious.—
Mike Hoffman,
Fortune,
28 Sep. 2025
Adjective
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Those settlers managed to make an underground river with murderous maggots on unstable terrain into a tourist attraction in record time.—
Ann Patchett,
New Yorker,
29 Sep. 2025
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Gun violence, social media, and an unstable economy all contribute to their mental health struggles.—
Ashleigh N. DeLuca,
Parents,
26 Sep. 2025
Adjective
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Advertisement Halladay says there is not enough safety data on the drug in children—much less children with autism, who may have additional medical issues—and some anecdotal reports find that leucovorin can make some children with autism more hyperactive.—
Alice Park,
Time,
23 Sep. 2025
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Researchers found that these cells became hyperactive, burning through their energy reserves and losing their ability to rest, a crucial trait for long-term regeneration.—
Pranjal Malewar,
New Atlas,
20 Sep. 2025
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“Excitable.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/excitable. Accessed 4 Oct. 2025.
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