Excitement: alternatives and connections

The act of arousing, or the state of being aroused.

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An interruption of a state of peace or quiet; derangement of the regular course of things; disquiet; disorder; as, a disturbance of religious exercis…

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The passion or emotion excited by the acquisition or expectation of good; pleasurable feelings or emotions caused by success, good fortune, and the l…

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of Rouse

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To beat, as with a club or cudgel; to treat with violence; to handle roughly.

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Remedy; relief; amends; reparation; hence, one who brings relief.

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To lay on or impose, as a load, tax, or burden; to load; to fill.

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A diseased state of the system, marked by increased heat, acceleration of the pulse, and a general derangement of the functions, including usually, t…

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To flow and spread suddenly; to rush; as, blood flushes into the face.

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A poisoning, as by a spirituous or a narcotic substance.

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To strike, thrust, or hit violently with the foot; as, a horse kicks a groom; a man kicks a dog.

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A name given to many aquatic or marsh-growing endogenous plants with soft, slender stems, as the species of Juncus and Scirpus.

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An impression, or the consciousness of an impression, made upon the central nervous organ, through the medium of a sensory or afferent nerve or one o…

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A warbling; a trill.

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The act of tickling, or the state of being tickled; a tickling sensation.

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To urge; to persuade; to incite.

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To urge; to persuade; to incite.

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To call to activity in any way; to rouse to feeling; to kindle to passionate emotion; to stir up to combined or general activity; as, to excite a per…

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To call to activity in any way; to rouse to feeling; to kindle to passionate emotion; to stir up to combined or general activity; as, to excite a per…

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To make drunk; to intoxicate.

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To make drunk; to intoxicate.

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To excite as if with a goad; to excite, rouse, or animate, to action or more vigorous exertion by some pungent motive or by persuasion; as, to stimul…

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To excite as if with a goad; to excite, rouse, or animate, to action or more vigorous exertion by some pungent motive or by persuasion; as, to stimul…

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of Excite

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of Excite

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The act of agitating, or the state of being agitated; the state of being moved with violence, or with irregular action; commotion; as, the sea after…

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The act of exciting or putting in motion; the act of rousing up or awakening.

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The act of enlivening the spirits; the act of making glad or cheerful; a gladdening.

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Heat; excessive warmth.

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A confused noise; uproar; tumult.

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The act of inflaming, kindling, or setting on fire; also, the state of being inflamed.

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Harassing labor; trouble; molestation by tumult; disturbance; worrying confusion.

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The act of upheaving, or the state of being upheaved; esp., an elevation of a portion of the earth's crust.

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