exciting
When something is exciting, it is full of activity and gets your blood pumping. Anything causing excitement is exciting.
If your heart is racing and you’re thrilled, exhilarated, or jumping up and down with anticipation, something must be exciting. Different people find different things exciting. A close football game is exciting for fans. Being in love is exciting for just about anyone. Learning something new, whether French or juggling, is exciting. An action movie is supposed to be exciting — if it's not, it must not be very good. When you have exciting news, you can't wait to share it.
Definitions of exciting
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creating or arousing excitement“an exciting account of her trip”
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Synonyms:
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breathless, breathtaking
so awe-inspiring or astonishing as to cause suspension of regular breathing
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elating, exhilarating
making lively and joyful
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electric, galvanic, galvanising, galvanizing
affected by emotion as if by electricity; thrilling
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electrifying, thrilling
causing a surge of emotion or excitement
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glamorous, glamourous
having an air of allure, romance and excitement
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heady, intoxicating
extremely exciting as if by alcohol or a narcotic
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titillating
pleasantly and superficially exciting
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tickling, tingling, titillating
exciting by touching lightly so as to cause laughter or twitching movements
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interesting
arousing or holding the attention
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provocative
serving or tending to provoke, excite, or stimulate; stimulating discussion or exciting controversy
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sexy
marked by or tending to arouse sexual desire or interest
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stimulating
rousing or quickening activity or the senses
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Antonyms:
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unexciting
not exciting
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commonplace, humdrum, prosaic, unglamorous, unglamourous
not challenging; dull and lacking excitement
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uninspired
having no intellectual or emotional or spiritual excitement
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tame
flat and uninspiring
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uninteresting
arousing no interest or attention or curiosity or excitement
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unprovocative, unprovoking
not provocative
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unexciting, unstimulating
not stimulating
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breathless, breathtaking
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stimulating interest and discussion“an exciting novel”
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Synonyms:
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stimulating
rousing or quickening activity or the senses
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stimulating
Pronunciation
US
/ɛkˈsaɪɾɪŋ/
UK
/ɛkˈsaɪtɪŋ/
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