Synonyms for "excitable" (81 found)

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Closest matches (17)

irritableskittishagitableall nervesapprehensivebearishbitchycankeredcantankerouschurlishcombustiblecrabbedcrankycrosscross grainedcross-grainedcrusty

Strong matches (24)

cusseddisagreeableedgyemotionalemotionally unstableeruptiveexplosivefearfulfeistyfeverishfidgetyfieryfractiousfranticfrightenedhigh keyedhigh spiritedhigh strunghigh-mettledhigh-spirited

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high-strunghighly emotionalhot-bloodedhuffish

Related words (40)

huffyhystericalinflammableirasciblejumpymeanmercurialmettlesomenerves on edgenervousnervyon edgeorneryoverstrungpanickyperturbableperversepricklyquickquick-tempered

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restiverestlesssensitiveskitterysnappishspitefulspleenyspleneticstartlishtemperamentaltestytouchyuglyuneasyunstablevolatilevolcanicwaspish

Adjective(1 words)

irritable

Adjective(1 words)

mobile

Related word relations

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8 relation types

Antonyms

1 entries

unexcitable

Synonyms

1 entries

irritable

Related terms

3 entries

excitabilityexciteexcited

derived

13 entries

excitablenessexcitablyexciteablenesshyperexcitablehypoexcitableinexcitableneuroexcitablenonexcitableoverexcitablephotoexcitablesubexcitablesuperexcitableunexcitable

derived from

1 entries

excite

has context

1 entries

physics

related to

4 entries

excitabilityexciteexcitedexcited state

similar

11 entries

flightyhigh keyedhigh-keyednervousquicksensitiveskittishspookywarm

Translations

17 translations across 11 languages.

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Bulgarian

2 entries

• възбудим adj (easily excited)
• раздразнителен adj (easily excited)

Catalan

2 entries

• entusiasmadís adj (easily excited)
• excitable adj (easily excited)

Finnish

3 entries

• helposti kiihtyvä adj (easily excited)
• innostuva adj (easily excited)
• kiivas adj (easily excited)

French

1 entries

• excitable adj (easily excited)

Greek

1 entries

• ευέξαπτος adj (easily excited)

Irish

3 entries

• so-lasta adj (easily excited)
• sochorraithe adj (easily excited)
• soghríosaithe adj (easily excited)

Manx

1 entries

• so-ghreesaghey adj (easily excited)

Portuguese

1 entries

• excitável adj (easily excited)

Russian

1 entries

• возбуди́мый adj (easily excited)

Slovak

1 entries

• prchký adj (easily excited)

Spanish

1 entries

• excitable adj (easily excited)

Sample sentences

1 total sentences available.

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The excitable puppy jumped all over the furniture.

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