exciting

English

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ɪkˈsʌɪtɪŋ/, /ɛkˈsʌɪtɪŋ/

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Verb

exciting

1. present participle and gerund of excite

Adjective

exciting (comparative more exciting, superlative most exciting)

1. creating or producing excitement
   • 1955 January, “Chess Caviar”, in Chess Review:

     Some of the most exciting games ever played have ended in draws.

Synonyms

• See also Thesaurus:exciting

Derived terms

• eggciting
• excitingly
• excitingness
• hyperexciting
• nonexciting
• unexciting

Translations

causing excitement

Arabic: مُثِير (muṯīr) Azerbaijani: həyacanlı Belarusian: хвалю́ючы (xvaljújučy) Bulgarian: вълнуващ (bg) (vǎlnuvašt), интересен (bg) (interesen) Catalan: excitant Chinese: Mandarin: 令人激動的 / 令人激动的 (lìng rén jīdòng de) Cornish: yntanus Czech: vzrušující (cs) Danish: spændende (da) Dutch: spannend (nl) Faroese: spennandi Finnish: jännittävä (fi) French: excitant (fr) German: aufregend (de), spannend (de) Greek: συναρπαστικός (el) (synarpastikós) Hindi: रोमांचक (hi) (romāñcak) Hungarian: izgalmas (hu) Icelandic: spennandi Italian: emozionante (it) Latin: excitans Macedonian: возбудлив m (vozbudliv) Maori: hiamo, whakaihiihi Marathi: उत्कंठावर्धक (utkaṇṭhāvardhak) Norwegian: Bokmål: spennende (no) Nynorsk: spennande, spanande Portuguese: excitante (pt), empolgante (pt) Russian: волну́ющий (ru) (volnújuščij), захва́тывающий (ru) (zaxvátyvajuščij), возбужда́ющий (ru) (vozbuždájuščij) Slovak: vzrušujúci Spanish: emocionante (es) Swedish: spännande (sv) Turkish: heyecanlı (tr) Ukrainian: захо́пливий m (zaxóplyvyj), захо́плива f (zaxóplyva), збу́джуючий (zbúdžujučyj) Vietnamese: gây hứng thú, lý thú (vi) Walloon: efoufiant (wa) m Welsh: cyffrous (cy)

Noun

exciting (plural excitings)

1. The process of something becoming excited; excitation.
   • 1855, George Herbert, The Complete Works of George Herbert:

     But parents and masters should make haste in this, as to a great purchase for their children and servants; which while they defer, both sides suffer; the one, in wanting many excitings of grace, the other, in being worse served and obeyed.