exciting
Americanadjective
adjective
Other Word Forms
- excitingly adverb
- nonexciting adjective
- unexciting adjective
Etymology
Origin of exciting
Explanation
When something is exciting, it is full of activity and gets your blood pumping. Anything causing excitement is exciting. If your heart is racing and you’re thrilled, exhilarated, or jumping up and down with anticipation, something must be exciting. Different people find different things exciting. A close football game is exciting for fans. Being in love is exciting for just about anyone. Learning something new, whether French or juggling, is exciting. An action movie is supposed to be exciting — if it's not, it must not be very good. When you have exciting news, you can't wait to share it.
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Example Sentences
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“These consumers are saying, ‘I don’t really like buying laundry detergent and shower gels, they’re not terribly exciting.
From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 18, 2026
“Let’s try to get our money to move for us in a way that’s exciting still, but that’s not going to most likely be a complete loss in three weeks,” she said.
From MarketWatch • Apr. 17, 2026
Gehry’s designs breathed life into the city’s core, but he didn’t get to finish a number of his most exciting plans, including one to transform the 51-mile-long L.A.
From Los Angeles Times • Apr. 17, 2026
Throughout his career, Soderbergh has sought out new technology and filmmaking techniques to play around with, lending his work an exciting sandbox quality where anything goes.
From Salon • Apr. 17, 2026
It often wasn’t exciting work but it was important work, I reminded myself.
From "The Brightwood Code" by Monica Hesse
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