excitement

Excitement is defined as a feeling of enthusiasm, eagerness or exhilaration, or is defined as something that causes such a feeling.

(noun)

  1. The way a child feels on Christmas morning waiting to open his presents is an example of excitement.
  2. Christmas morning, which inspires exhilaration, is an example of an excitement.

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See excitement in Webster's New World College Dictionary

noun

  1. an exciting or being excited; agitation
  2. something that excites

Origin: ME < OFr

See excitement in American Heritage Dictionary 4

noun
  1. a. The act or an instance of exciting.
    b. The condition of being excited.
  2. Something that excites: the dancing tigers and other circus excitements.

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