excitable
adjective (excitable, more excitable)
Everyday
- Excitable describes a person or animal that gets excited, nervous or upset very easily. tree →
- An excitable puppy or child gets wound up quickly and finds it hard to calm down. tree →
In the lessons
Describing characters and pets in stories and everyday life. Phrases: an excitable puppy, easily excitable, get excitable.
Examples
- Our excitable puppy jumps on everyone. tree →
- My little cousin gets excitable before birthdays. tree →
- The excitable crowd cheered loudly. tree →
- Sugar does not really make children excitable, but parties do. tree →
- The excitable parrot squawked at every noise. tree →
- Take a deep breath if you feel too excitable. tree →
Note
Not the same as exciting: an exciting film is fun; an excitable person gets excited easily. Myth: sugar makes children hyper — studies mostly find the excitement comes from the party setting.
On Mova
- Trees and pragmatics of «excitable» in the school dictionary: every meaning and example parsed by Mova, with its dependency tree and frames.
- «excitable» in the school dictionary on Mova free.
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