1
as in thrills
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 provokes
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 excites
But what excites you about doing the 50-km distance race?
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Sean Gregory, Time, 20 Feb. 2026
Find something that excites you.
—Zack Sharf, Variety, 20 Feb. 2026
Maybe this excites me, a weirdo who still has fond memories of Joe Roa and Keiichi Yabu and their innings-absorbing magic.
—Grant Brisbee, New York Times, 17 Feb. 2026
Sonically, nothing jumps out and thrills, excites, or alarms.
—Mosi Reeves, Rolling Stone, 9 Feb. 2026
What still excites you today about being onstage?
—Joey Guerra, Houston Chronicle, 6 Feb. 2026
Sherman Fan owns and operates the restaurant and spoke about what excites him about the reopening.
—Stephanie Gallman Jordan, Southern Living, 4 Feb. 2026
Context Is the Breakthrough—and the Risk What excites — and alarms — leaders most is ChatGPT’s ability to collapse context.
—Sylvana Quader Sinha, Forbes.com, 28 Jan. 2026
That is what excites me about the way people are embracing this film.
—Zac Ntim, Deadline, 21 Jan. 2026
Sean Gregory, Time, 20 Feb. 2026
Find something that excites you.
—Zack Sharf, Variety, 20 Feb. 2026
Maybe this excites me, a weirdo who still has fond memories of Joe Roa and Keiichi Yabu and their innings-absorbing magic.
—Grant Brisbee, New York Times, 17 Feb. 2026
Sonically, nothing jumps out and thrills, excites, or alarms.
—Mosi Reeves, Rolling Stone, 9 Feb. 2026
What still excites you today about being onstage?
—Joey Guerra, Houston Chronicle, 6 Feb. 2026
Sherman Fan owns and operates the restaurant and spoke about what excites him about the reopening.
—Stephanie Gallman Jordan, Southern Living, 4 Feb. 2026
Context Is the Breakthrough—and the Risk What excites — and alarms — leaders most is ChatGPT’s ability to collapse context.
—Sylvana Quader Sinha, Forbes.com, 28 Jan. 2026
That is what excites me about the way people are embracing this film.
—Zac Ntim, Deadline, 21 Jan. 2026
Recent Examples of Synonyms for excites
Verb
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But all that intensity and power unappreciated by that Belle Epoque audience now thrills us to our core.—
Luis Palomares,
Miami Herald,
27 Feb. 2026
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The mind thrills to imagine a genderless prophet among the brocades and buckskin breeches of Revolutionary America, weirding out the normies, sticking a flower in the barrel of a musket, and goading the new nation to let its hair down—literally.—
Dan Piepenbring,
Harpers Magazine,
30 Dec. 2025
Verb
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What is beauty if not precisely the property that provokes us to abandon all pretense of analytic remove in our desperation to draw closer?—
Becca Rothfeld,
New Yorker,
7 Mar. 2026
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The aroma of coffee brewing reliably provokes desire.—
Literary Hub,
Literary Hub,
13 Feb. 2026
Verb
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The star of Maggie Gyllenhaal's bold, new take on the Bride of Frankenstein electrifies in EW's cover story photoshoot.—
Sydney Bucksbaum,
Entertainment Weekly,
3 Feb. 2026
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Seyfried’s performance elevates, even electrifies, the film, as does the decision to replicate Shaker worship through song and movement numbers, all of which are choreographed and performed to a spellbinding extent.—
Randy McMullen,
Mercury News,
22 Jan. 2026
Verb
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Launched in 2020 after the 400th anniversary of the first African slaves arriving in Jamestown, Virginia, the decade-long initiative encourages people of African descent to visit or repatriate and reconnect with their heritage and culture.—
Melanie van Zyl,
Travel + Leisure,
6 Mar. 2026
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But a general election that includes voices from across the spectrum and encourages candidates to build coalitions and draw support from everyone?—
Tom Charron,
Mercury News,
6 Mar. 2026
Verb
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SciAm always educates and delights me, and inspires a sense of awe for our vast, beautiful universe.—
Claire Cameron,
Scientific American,
2 Mar. 2026
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Meanwhile, Paul’s decision about the practice inspires Gaby.—
Jessica Radloff,
Glamour,
1 Mar. 2026
Verb
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Another natural extract, from silk cotton tree flowers, stimulates the natural production of hyaluronic acid and helps water enter the skin cells.—
Justin Fenner,
Robb Report,
6 Mar. 2026
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Umami stimulates saliva secretion and helps with appetite.—
Amy Brownstein,
Verywell Health,
4 Mar. 2026
Verb
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SciAm always educates and delights me, and inspires a sense of awe for our vast, beautiful universe.—
Eric Sullivan,
Scientific American,
6 Mar. 2026
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These breakfast delights might move you from the cinnamon roll camp into a whole different delight for your palate.—
Mary Shannon Wells,
Southern Living,
4 Mar. 2026
Verb
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More than three devices is considered a cluster that arouses interest.—
Carolyn Forché,
New Yorker,
3 Nov. 2025
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That intense scarcity arouses a FOMO among very wealthy car lovers that allows Ferrari to charge prices like $250,000 for one of its entry-level cars, and $3 million for a hypercar like its F80.—
Phil Wahba,
Fortune,
27 Oct. 2025
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