Excitable
[ɪk'saɪtəb(ə)l;ek-] or [ɪk'saɪtəbl]
Definition
(adj.) easily excited .
(adj.) capable of responding to stimuli .
Typist: Rodger--From WordNet
Definition
(a.) Capable of being excited, or roused into action; susceptible of excitement; easily stirred up, or stimulated.
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Synonyms and Synonymous
a. [1]. Sensitive, susceptible, impressible, excited.[2]. Irascible, irritable, passionate, choleric, hasty, hot-tempered, quick-tempered.
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Examples
- He shrugged his shoulders in ungracious acquiescence, while our visitor in hurried words and with much excitable gesticulation poured forth his story. Arthur Conan Doyle. The Return of Sherlock Holmes.
- There was a coolness about all this, which, to a gentleman of an excitable temperament, had, under the circumstances, rather an exasperating tendency. Charles Dickens. The Pickwick Papers.
- The X-ray was taken at the Ospedale Maggiore and the doctor who did it was excitable, efficient and cheerful. Ernest Hemingway. A Farewell To Arms.
- Excitable natures, Mrs. Sowerberry! Charles Dickens. Oliver Twist.
- No one remained now but the excitable Jew, who had already raised the skirts of Mr. Jaggers's coat to his lips several times. Charles Dickens. Great Expectations.
- Mr. Soames was a tall, spare man, of a nervous and excitable temperament. Arthur Conan Doyle. The Return of Sherlock Holmes.
- Wildeve was a nervous and excitable man, and the game was beginning to tell upon his temper. Thomas Hardy. The Return of the Native.
- Lucy, you ought to travel for about six months: why, your calm nature is growing quite excitable! Charlotte Bronte. Villette.
- She's an excitable, nervous person: she construed her dream into an apparition, or something of that sort, no doubt; and has taken a fit with fright. Charlotte Bronte. Jane Eyre.
- I am too feverish and excitable to bear a soft, cooing, vibrating voice close at my ear. Charlotte Bronte. Shirley.
- You are of an excitable temper and want a sedative. George Eliot. Middlemarch.
- You have courage, judgment, and self-control, which are the main things needed to control these excitable Greeks. Fergus Hume. The Island of Fantasy.
- I am a foolish, excitable, weak creetur. Charles Dickens. Oliver Twist.
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