"exciting" in the verb sense
1. excite
arouse or elicit a feeling
2. stimulate, excite
act as a stimulant
"The book stimulated her imagination"
"This play stimulates"
3. stimulate, excite, stir
stir feelings in
"stimulate my appetite"
"excite the audience"
"stir emotions"
4. agitate, rouse, turn on, charge, commove, excite, charge up
cause to be agitated, excited, or roused
"The speaker charged up the crowd with his inflammatory remarks"
5. arouse, sex, excite, turn on, wind up
stimulate sexually
"This movie usually arouses the male audience"
6. stimulate, shake, shake up, excite, stir
stir the feelings, emotions, or peace of
"These stories shook the community"
"the civil war shook the country"
7. excite, energize, energise
raise to a higher energy level
"excite the atoms"
8. excite
produce a magnetic field in
"excite the neurons"
"exciting" in the adjective sense
1. exciting
creating or arousing excitement
"an exciting account of her trip"
2. exciting
stimulating interest and discussion
"an exciting novel"
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