Excitable
adjective
Easily excited or upset.
My little brother is so excitable, he cries if he doesn't get what he wants immediately.
Often appears as...
- highly excitable
- excitable nature
adjective
Capable of becoming excited or being roused into action.
When I mentioned the idea of a road trip, my normally quiet dog became very excitable.
Often appears as...
- become excitable
- excitable on hearing
adjective
In biochemistry, referring to a cell or tissue that responds to a stimulus.
The heart's excitable tissue helps it respond to changes in the body's needs.
Often appears as...
- excitable tissue
- excitable membrane
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Scientific
adjective
Easily excited or upset.
My little brother is so excitable, he cries if he doesn't get what he wants immediately.
Often appears as...
- highly excitable
- excitable nature
adjective
Capable of becoming excited or being roused into action.
When I mentioned the idea of a road trip, my normally quiet dog became very excitable.
Often appears as...
- become excitable
- excitable on hearing
adjective
In biochemistry, referring to a cell or tissue that responds to a stimulus.
The heart's excitable tissue helps it respond to changes in the body's needs.
Often appears as...
- excitable tissue
- excitable membrane
Usage tips
Formal
Scientific
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Pro Tip 1/3Emotion Intensity
Indicates someone shows emotions such as excitement or fear more intensely than usual.
During the fireworks, the excitable crowd cheered and screamed with joy.
Pro Tip 2/3Easily Provoked
Suggests that a person or animal gets stimulated by small or large events easily.
The excitable puppy started running around at the sound of the doorbell.
Pro Tip 3/3Not Always Negative
While often seen as a negative trait, being excitable can indicate enthusiasm and passion.
Her excitable energy brought life to the quiet meeting.
Compare with
agitateenergetichyperactiveimpulsivejumpynervousrestlessvolatile
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What hallucination...
and I said that as you lose vision, as the visual parts of the brain are no longer getting any input, they become hyperactive and excitable, and they start to fire spontaneously. And you start to see things. The things you see can be very complicated indeed.
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Solving the Mystery of...
jungle so they book plane tickets they'll fly from peru's capital lima to pulcalpa a small city close to the jungle i get really excited about things that you can't tell i'm an excitable person i guess good good stereotypical latino
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What hallucination...
and I said that as you lose vision, as the visual parts of the brain are no longer getting any input, they become hyperactive and excitable, and they start to fire spontaneously. And you start to see things. The things you see can be very complicated indeed.
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Solving the Mystery of...
jungle so they book plane tickets they'll fly from peru's capital lima to pulcalpa a small city close to the jungle i get really excited about things that you can't tell i'm an excitable person i guess good good stereotypical latino
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Quote examples
Lynn Margulis
American Scientist
All of us from fertile egg to embryo to corpse, are exactly that: warm, wet, furry animals compelled by the sexuality of our forefathers and foremothers to be, either directly or indirectly, our own exciting and excitable, provocative and provocable selves.
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Robert Christgau
American Journalist
Every once in a while there's a day or two when I say, 'Gee, electric guitars, what an ugly sound.' But I'm a very enthusiastic person. For sure I'm an excitable, fun-loving person. I enjoy life.
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Brendon Burchard
Author
Our challenge isn't that we can't be motivated. It's not that we aren't smart, excitable, or that we lack passion - what we don't have is the ability to sustain motivation over time.
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Amy Bloom
American Writer
I find the 1940s very compelling. It is a very excitable period in the U.S. when, whether out of necessity or not, everybody was reinventing themselves.
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Shaun Ryder
My job is to go out partying and entertaining and it's all in an excitable environment. Doing that after night - it gets boring, you know what I mean?
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Alexa Chung
English Journalist
Being excitable and passionate is what makes you look good because if you're engaged in what's going on, you radiate youth.
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James Dobson
American Psychologist
Although individual temperaments vary, boys are designed to be more assertive, audacious, and excitable than girls are.
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Rachel Perry
Canadian Celebrity
I asked each one of them to make out with me and their reactions varied from excitable to horrified.
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Yahya Abdul-Mateen II
American Actor
I'm not very excitable as a person. What I say is, I'm always chillin', I'm always chillin'.
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Joe Maddon
American Businessman
My mom was a bit more excitable, but my dad was the most patient man I've ever met.
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Lynn Margulis
American Scientist
All of us from fertile egg to embryo to corpse, are exactly that: warm, wet, furry animals compelled by the sexuality of our forefathers and foremothers to be, either directly or indirectly, our own exciting and excitable, provocative and provocable selves.
Quote examples
Robert Christgau
American Journalist
Every once in a while there's a day or two when I say, 'Gee, electric guitars, what an ugly sound.' But I'm a very enthusiastic person. For sure I'm an excitable, fun-loving person. I enjoy life.
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Brendon Burchard
Author
Our challenge isn't that we can't be motivated. It's not that we aren't smart, excitable, or that we lack passion - what we don't have is the ability to sustain motivation over time.
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Amy Bloom
American Writer
I find the 1940s very compelling. It is a very excitable period in the U.S. when, whether out of necessity or not, everybody was reinventing themselves.
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Shaun Ryder
My job is to go out partying and entertaining and it's all in an excitable environment. Doing that after night - it gets boring, you know what I mean?
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Alexa Chung
English Journalist
Being excitable and passionate is what makes you look good because if you're engaged in what's going on, you radiate youth.
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James Dobson
American Psychologist
Although individual temperaments vary, boys are designed to be more assertive, audacious, and excitable than girls are.
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Rachel Perry
Canadian Celebrity
I asked each one of them to make out with me and their reactions varied from excitable to horrified.
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Yahya Abdul-Mateen II
American Actor
I'm not very excitable as a person. What I say is, I'm always chillin', I'm always chillin'.
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Joe Maddon
American Businessman
My mom was a bit more excitable, but my dad was the most patient man I've ever met.
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