as in nervous
easily excited by nature
an excitable child who needs a stable home life
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Recent Examples of excitable
Contreras, the excitable ex-Cub, took exception and barked at Palencia.
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Patrick Mooney, New York Times, 8 July 2025
Audiences at Berlin shows have tended toward enthusiastic influencers, brand fans and excitable fashion students.
—Cathrin Schaer, Footwear News, 6 July 2025
In 2023 and the first months of 2024, his name cropped up in a lot of excitable articles in the Rio de Janeiro press.
—Jack Lang, New York Times, 27 June 2025
The telling of the entire story of America, after all, calls into question the greatness that Donald Trump pledges to restore, and agitates a base that remains threatened and excitable by our multicultural reality.
—Kevin Sack, Time, 3 June 2025
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Patrick Mooney, New York Times, 8 July 2025
Audiences at Berlin shows have tended toward enthusiastic influencers, brand fans and excitable fashion students.
—Cathrin Schaer, Footwear News, 6 July 2025
In 2023 and the first months of 2024, his name cropped up in a lot of excitable articles in the Rio de Janeiro press.
—Jack Lang, New York Times, 27 June 2025
The telling of the entire story of America, after all, calls into question the greatness that Donald Trump pledges to restore, and agitates a base that remains threatened and excitable by our multicultural reality.
—Kevin Sack, Time, 3 June 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for excitable
Adjective
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Joe Mazur, senior analyst at Trivium China, a research and advisory firm, said the use of exit bans and the lack of clarity around specific cases will make foreign companies extremely nervous about sending staff to China, damaging overall business confidence.—
John Liu,
CNN Money,
23 July 2025
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Despite more than 50 years in show business – running the gamut of Broadway, TV and film − Martin Short refreshingly still feels nervous ahead of hosting his first game show.—
Erin Jensen,
USA Today,
23 July 2025
Adjective
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The consequences would be far reaching and upend an already volatile political world.—
Michael Smolens,
San Diego Union-Tribune,
3 Aug. 2025
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The explosion was one of the country’s largest since the 2010 eruption of Mount Merapi, the country’s most volatile volcano.—
Rachel Wolf,
FOXNews.com,
2 Aug. 2025
Adjective
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With Iran and its proxies diminished and Gulf states anxious to diversify their economies, any prospect for broader peace and normalization runs through Riyadh.—
Edward Felsenthal,
Time,
23 July 2025
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This is their first major sit-down interview together, and both are a bit anxious.—
James Hibberd,
HollywoodReporter,
23 July 2025
Adjective
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To do this, the team used a robotic arm equipped with a force and torque sensor to measure air flow in hundreds of spots inside a short model duct to build up a map that shows the unstable danger points in a circular duct and safer ones where the air currents cancel one another out.—
David Szondy
August 02,
New Atlas,
2 Aug. 2025
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Various threats could cause the remains of the English warship Northumberland to become unstable.—
Jade Walker,
CNN Money,
1 Aug. 2025
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Manage Play Styles Excitable, high-energy play indoors can lead to more hyperactive behavior.—
Lucy Notarantonio,
MSNBC Newsweek,
16 July 2025
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The interior Northwest and North Central U.S. will experience the greatest heat, bringing with it continued amounts of drought and a potentially hyperactive wildfire season.—
Renny Vandewege,
Forbes.com,
12 May 2025
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“Excitable.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/excitable. Accessed 6 Aug. 2025.
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