excited

excited
[[t]ɪksa͟ɪtɪd[/t]]
1) ADJ-GRADED: usu v-link ADJ, oft ADJ about n If you are excited, you are so happy that you cannot relax, especially because you are thinking about something pleasant that is going to happen to you.

I'm very excited about the possibility of playing for England's first team...

I was so excited when I went to sign the paperwork I could hardly write.

...an excited teenager on a trek through the London shops.

Derived words:
excitedly ADV-GRADED ADV with v

`You're coming?' he said excitedly. `That's fantastic! That's incredible!'

2) ADJ-GRADED If you are excited, you are very worried or angry about something, and so you are very alert and cannot relax.

I don't think there's any reason to get excited about inflation...

Excited voices were shouting that the road was blocked by soldiers.

Syn:
Derived words:
excitedly ADV-GRADED ADV with v

Larry rose excitedly to the edge of his seat, shook a fist at us and spat.


English dictionary. 2008.

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