excited

excited
    adj 1: (of persons) excessively affected by emotion; "he would
           become emotional over nothing at all"; "she was worked up
           about all the noise" [syn: {aroused}, {emotional},
           {excited}, {worked up}]
    2: in an aroused state [ant: {unexcited}]
    3: marked by uncontrolled excitement or emotion; "a crowd of
       delirious baseball fans"; "something frantic in their
       gaiety"; "a mad whirl of pleasure" [syn: {delirious},
       {excited}, {frantic}, {mad}, {unrestrained}]
    4: (of e.g. a molecule) made reactive or more reactive [syn:
       {activated}, {excited}]
    

Excite \Ex*cite"\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Excited}; p. pr. & vb.
   n. {exciting}.] [L. excitare; ex out + citare to move
   rapidly, to rouse: cf. OF. esciter, exciter, F. exciter. See
   {Cite}.]
   1. To call to activity in any way; to rouse to feeling; to
      kindle to passionate emotion; to stir up to combined or
      general activity; as, to excite a person, the spirits, the
      passions; to excite a mutiny or insurrection; to excite
      heat by friction.
      [1913 Webster]

   2. (Physiol.) To call forth or increase the vital activity of
      an organism, or any of its parts.

   3. (Elec.) To energize (an electro-magnet); to produce a
      magnetic field in; as, to excite a dynamo.
      [Webster 1913 Suppl.]

   4. (Physics) To raise to a higher energy level; -- used
      especially of atoms or molecules, or of electrons within
      atoms or molecules; as, absorption of a photon excites the
      cesium atom, which subsequently radiates the excess
      energy.
      [Webster 1913 Suppl. +PJC]

   Syn: To incite; awaken; animate; rouse or arouse; stimulate;
        inflame; irritate; provoke.

   Usage: To {Excite}, {Incite}. When we excite we rouse into
          action feelings which were less strong; when we incite
          we spur on or urge forward to a specific act or end.
          Demosthenes excited the passions of the Athenians
          against Philip, and thus incited the whole nation to
          unite in the war against him. Antony, by his speech
          over the body of C[ae]sar, so excited the feelings of
          the populace, that Brutus and his companions were
          compelled to flee from Rome; many however, were
          incited to join their standard, not only by love of
          liberty, but hopes of plunder.
          [1913 Webster]
    

146 Moby Thesaurus words for "excited":
      ablaze, active, afire, aflame, agitated, agog, animated, antsy,
      antsy-pantsy, anxious, aquiver, ardent, aroused, atingle,
      attracted, atwitter, boiling over, breathless, brisk, burning,
      bursting, carried away, cathectic, chafing, concerned, cordial,
      curious, delighted, delirious, discomfited, discomposed,
      disconcerted, disquieted, disturbed, drunk, eager, ebullient, edgy,
      effervescent, elated, electrified, energetic, energized,
      enthusiastic, exhilarated, exuberant, fascinated, febrile, fervent,
      fervid, fevered, feverish, fidgety, fiery, fired, flaming,
      flurried, flushed, flustered, frantic, frenetic, frenzied, fretful,
      fretting, galvanized, glowing, hasty, hearty, heated, high,
      hopped up, hopped-up, hot, hysterical, impassioned, impatient,
      impetuous, in a lather, in a stew, in a sweat, inflamed, intense,
      interested, intoxicated, itchy, jittery, jumpy, keen, keen on,
      keyed up, lathered up, lively, manic, moved, nervous, nervy,
      on edge, on fire, overwrought, passionate, perturbed, pink, piqued,
      ready to burst, red-hot, restive, restless, roused, ruffled,
      shaken, shaken up, spirited, squirming, squirmy, steamed up,
      steaming, steamy, stimulated, stirred, stirred up, tantalized,
      thrilled, tickled, tingling, tingly, titillated, troubled,
      troublous, turbulent, turned on, turned-on, uneasy, unpatient,
      unpeaceful, unquiet, unrestrained, upset, vehement, vigorous, warm,
      whipped up, worked up, wound up, wrought up, yeasty, zealous