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adjective
- 1. responding too readily to something new or stimulating; easily excited: "a rather excitable young man"
- 2. (of tissue or a cell) responsive to stimulation: "these alkaloids act on nerve cells to make them more excitable"
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The meaning of EXCITABLE is capable of being readily roused into action or a state of excitement or irritability. How to use excitable in a sentence.
adjective. uk. / ɪkˈsaɪ.tə.b ə l / us. / ɪkˈsaɪ.t̬ə.b ə l / Add to word list. easily and often becoming excited: an excitable child. SMART Vocabulary: related words and phrases. Becoming too excited and easily upset.
When you describe someone as excitable, you'll usually mean it as a mild criticism — the person is easily overstimulated, and becomes excited far too readily.
If you describe someone as excitable, you mean that they behave in a rather nervous way and become excited very easily.
Excitable definition: easily excited. See examples of EXCITABLE used in a sentence.
adjective. us. / ɪkˈsɑɪ·t̬ə·bəl / Add to word list. (of a person or an animal) tending to react quickly and strongly to things: The dog is excitable, so don’t come too close. (Definition of excitable from the Cambridge Academic Content Dictionary © Cambridge University Press) Examples of excitable. excitable.
Define excitable. excitable synonyms, excitable pronunciation, excitable translation, English dictionary definition of excitable. adj. 1. Easily excited. 2. Capable of responding to stimuli. ex·cit′a·bil′i·ty , ex·cit′a·ble·ness n. ex·cit′a·bly adv. American Heritage® Dictionary of the...
Definition of excitable adjective in Oxford Advanced Learner's Dictionary. Meaning, pronunciation, picture, example sentences, grammar, usage notes, synonyms and more.
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