as in nervous
easily excited by nature
an excitable child who needs a stable home life
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Recent Examples of excitable
Lego Galaxy hopes to draw visitors — and perhaps new audiences — by focusing on slicker, more modern technology and injecting in the park the sort of excitable ride more commonly found at Legoland’s Southern California competitors.
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Todd Martens, Los Angeles Times, 6 Mar. 2026
But where Dad is excitable, McGonigle is more reserved.
—Cody Stavenhagen, New York Times, 24 Feb. 2026
Penny is an excitable and expressive teen.
—Pioneer Press, Twin Cities, 16 Feb. 2026
Dry ice streams from an inflatable jaguar head, beyond an excitable DJ and announcers on stilts.
—Toby Skinner, Condé Nast Traveler, 10 Feb. 2026
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Todd Martens, Los Angeles Times, 6 Mar. 2026
But where Dad is excitable, McGonigle is more reserved.
—Cody Stavenhagen, New York Times, 24 Feb. 2026
Penny is an excitable and expressive teen.
—Pioneer Press, Twin Cities, 16 Feb. 2026
Dry ice streams from an inflatable jaguar head, beyond an excitable DJ and announcers on stilts.
—Toby Skinner, Condé Nast Traveler, 10 Feb. 2026
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for excitable
Adjective
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Spinella shucks off sentimentality, always showing us Con’s offhand humor and sometimes nervous, defensive rambling.—
Jackson McHenry,
Vulture,
3 June 2026
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Companies start to get nervous when the percentage of shareholders blessing their pay plans dips well below the average, which is slightly above 90%, said Elizabeth Bieber, partner at the law firm Freshfields who leads shareholder engagement.—
Bloomberg,
Mercury News,
2 June 2026
Adjective
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There are fears that the situation could escalate and drag the volatile Tigray region into a proxy war, even as relief agencies warn of a dire humanitarian situation on the ground.—
ABC News,
ABC News,
31 May 2026
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A little over a decade later, Raja Club Athletic was established in 1949 during the final, increasingly volatile years before independence.—
Radier Odhiambo,
Condé Nast Traveler,
31 May 2026
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Unlike the coolly impassive Pop artists, the Who weren’t afraid to get personal, or to let their art echo the anxious, kinky, maladjusted yammering in their own heads.—
Jeremy Lybarger,
Artforum,
2 June 2026
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In Rio, the runner was an anxious up-and-comer, the youngest American track-and-field Olympian since 1972.—
Katie Abel,
Footwear News,
1 June 2026
Adjective
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Because the chemicals and the tank were deemed unstable, responders couldn't immediately access all the areas of the facility to search for additional victims, officials said.—
Jeanine Santucci,
USA Today,
29 May 2026
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So we are used to operating in a very unstable context.—
Nick Vivarelli,
Variety,
28 May 2026
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Your Immune System May Become Balanced Vitamin D and zinc may also tamp down hyperactive immune responses that occur in autoimmune diseases (conditions in which the body attacks itself).—
Megan Nunn,
Verywell Health,
12 May 2026
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But what should be a hyperactive, frenetic, and fractured mess instead has a curious, uncanny unity.—
Reed Jackson,
SPIN,
8 May 2026
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“Excitable.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/excitable. Accessed 7 Jun. 2026.
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