excite

Từ điển Oxford Advanced Learner 8th

ex·cite [excite excites excited exciting] BrE [ɪkˈsaɪt] NAmE [ɪkˈsaɪt] verb
1. ~ sb to make sb feel very pleased, interested or enthusiastic, especially about sth that is going to happen
• The prospect of a year in India greatly excited her.
2. to make sb nervous or upset and unable to relax
•~ sb Try not to excite your baby too much before bedtime.
•~ yourself Don't excite yourself (= keep calm).
3. to make sb feel a particular emotion or react in a particular way
Syn: ↑arouse
•~ sth to excite attention/criticism/curiosity
•The news has certainly excited comment (= made people talk about it).
•~ sth in sb The European Parliament is not an institution which excites interest in voters.
4. ~ sb to make sb feel sexual desire
Syn: ↑arouse
5. ~ sth (formal)to make a part of the body or part of a physical system more active
Syn: ↑stimulate
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Word Origin:
Middle English (in the sense ‘incite someone to do something’): from Old French exciter or Latin excitare, frequentative of exciere ‘call out or forth’. Sense 1 dates from the mid 19th cent.

Example Bank:
•He was anxious not to excite renewed speculation.
•The move excited more criticism abroad than at home.
•This story excited some comment.

• Từ đồng nghĩa / Synonyms:
  energize, energise, stimulate, shake, shake up, stir, arouse, sex, turn on, wind up, agitate, rouse, charge, commove, charge up
• Từ trái nghĩa / Antonyms:
  calm, calm down, quiet, tranquilize, tranquillize, tranquillise, quieten, lull, still, stifle, dampen