Excitable

adj

adj ·4 syllables ·Moderate ·College level

Definitions

Adjective
  1. 1
    Easily excited.

    "The excitable puppy jumped all over the furniture."

  2. 2
    Able to respond to external stimuli.
  3. 3
    Able to be promoted to an excited state.
Adjective
  1. 1
    easily excited wordnet
  2. 2
    capable of responding to stimuli wordnet

Synonyms

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irritableskittishagitableall nervesapprehensivebearish

Example

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"The excitable puppy jumped all over the furniture."

Etymology

From excite + -able.

Related phrases

excited state

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