Excitement Meaning and Definition from WordNet (r) 2.0

excitement n
1. the feeling of lively and cheerful joy; "he could hardly conceal his excitement when she agreed" [syn: exhilaration]
2. the state of being emotionally aroused and worked up; "his face was flushed with excitement and his hands trembled"; "he tried to calm those who were in a state of extreme inflammation" [syn: excitation, inflammation, fervor, fervour]
3. something that agitates and arouses; "he looked forward to the excitements of the day" [syn: excitation]
4. disturbance usually in protest [syn: agitation, turmoil, upheaval, hullabaloo]

Excitement Meaning and Definition from Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)

Excitement \Ex*cite"ment\n. [Cf. OF. excitement, escitement.]
1. The act of exciting, or the state of being roused into action, or of having increased action; impulsion; agitation; as, an excitement of the people.
2. That which excites or rouses; that which moves, stirs, or induces action; a motive. The cares and excitements of a season of transition and struggle. --Talfowrd.
3. (Physiol.) A state of aroused or increased vital activity in an organism, or any of its organs or tissues.

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* It is the excitement of becoming - always becoming, trying, probing, falling, resting, and trying again- but always trying and always gaining... - Lyndon B. Johnson

* Chess teaches you to control the initial excitement you feel when you see something that looks good and it trains you to think objectively when you're in trouble. - Stanley Kubrick

* My strong point is not rhetoric, it isn't showmanship, it isn't big promises-those things that create the glamour and the excitement that people call charisma and warmth. - Richard Milhous Nixon


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