as in nervous
easily excited by nature
an excitable child who needs a stable home life
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Recent Examples of excitable
The most reliably entertaining are the dryly sardonic Yelena Belova (Pugh) and the excitable, histrionic Alexei Shostakov/Red Guardian (a showily outsized Harbour).
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Manohla Dargis, New York Times, 1 May 2025
Specifically, her plans to reform the taxation of capital gains have alarmed more than a few wealthy (and excitable) taxpayers.
—Joseph Thorndike, Forbes, 4 Nov. 2024
Its participants are easily excitable and just as effortlessly aggrieved, their collective nervous system tied somewhat intrinsically to social media notifications.
—Larisha Paul, Rolling Stone, 17 Apr. 2025
And if Django’s Billy Crash tapped into Goggins’s ability to thrive with brutal spite, Mannix plays more to Goggins’s excitable energy and capacity for being clever (even when his character seems to be anything but).
—Daniel Dockery, Vulture, 6 Apr. 2025
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Manohla Dargis, New York Times, 1 May 2025
Specifically, her plans to reform the taxation of capital gains have alarmed more than a few wealthy (and excitable) taxpayers.
—Joseph Thorndike, Forbes, 4 Nov. 2024
Its participants are easily excitable and just as effortlessly aggrieved, their collective nervous system tied somewhat intrinsically to social media notifications.
—Larisha Paul, Rolling Stone, 17 Apr. 2025
And if Django’s Billy Crash tapped into Goggins’s ability to thrive with brutal spite, Mannix plays more to Goggins’s excitable energy and capacity for being clever (even when his character seems to be anything but).
—Daniel Dockery, Vulture, 6 Apr. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for excitable
Adjective
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The video highlighted how visibly nervous Jessie was while using jokes to get through the show.—
Tomás Mier,
Rolling Stone,
6 June 2025
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There’s nothing to be nervous about going into a spray tan.—
Catharine Malzahn,
Glamour,
5 June 2025
Adjective
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Rising prices, fomenting trade wars, and uncertainty about when tariffs will go into effect has led to a volatile economic climate.—
Boone Ashworth,
Wired News,
4 June 2025
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The fire had to feel alive, volatile, and credible—a force the actors had to confront in real time.—
JP Mangalindan,
Time,
4 June 2025
Adjective
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On Tires, Gerben plays Will, the anxious and unqualified son of the auto-repair chain's owner.—
EW.com,
EW.com,
5 June 2025
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As a result, children can become frustrated and anxious when trying to learn math.—
Jennifer Pierce,
USA Today,
3 June 2025
Adjective
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Sitting places the glutes in a lengthened, inactive state that pushes the pelvis forward and puts the lower back at a painfully compressed, mechanical disadvantage, which in turn creates a posture that feels tight, stiff and unstable.—
Dana Santas,
CNN Money,
30 May 2025
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Business models are under pressure, distribution is unstable, and competition for attention is fiercer than ever.—
Todd Spangler,
Variety,
29 May 2025
Adjective
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One key area of interest is the amygdala — a brain region that becomes notably hyperactive in mood and anxiety disorders.—
Jenny Lehmann,
Discover Magazine,
1 May 2025
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For example, a child who eats copious amounts of candy on Halloween may be less likely to become hyperactive afterward.—
Dani Blum,
New York Times,
25 Apr. 2025
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“Excitable.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/excitable. Accessed 10 Jun. 2025.
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