excitable

excitable
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(Roget's IV) modif.
Syn. sensitive, high-strung, neurotic, easily excited, peevish, irritable, edgy, impatient, intolerant, moody, touchy, irascible, fiery, volatile, resentful, vehement, demonstrative, restless, uneasy, unquiet, mercurial, galvanic, fidgety, fussy, hysterical, emotional, hotheaded, enthusiastic, overzealous, turbulent, impressible, tempestuous, stormy, impulsive, impetuous, rash, hasty, quick, passionate, heedless, reckless, violent, quick-tempered, temperamental, hot-tempered, short-tempered, easily angered, hot-blooded, combustible, fierce, wild, volcanic, explosive, prickly, huffy, flighty, nervous, jumpy, on edge, tense, overstrung, ready to explode, likely to go off at half cock*, having a short fuse*, like a bundle of nerves*.
Ant. calm*, placid, easygoing.
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(Roget's 3 Superthesaurus) a.
emotional, high-strung, temperamental, fiery, volatile, hotheaded, *highoctane, explosive, passionate, skittish, tempestuous, hot-blooded.
ANT.: unflappable, imperturbable, tranquil

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  • excitable — [ ɛksitabl ] adj. • 1812; h. XIVe; lat. excitabilis; de exciter 1 ♦ Cour. Prompt à s exciter, à s énerver. ⇒ coléreux, irritable, nerveux, susceptible. « Quand les hommes sont trop malheureux, ils deviennent excitables » (Taine). 2 ♦ Physiol. Qui …   Encyclopédie Universelle

  • Excitable — Ex*cit a*ble, a. [L. excitabilis inciting: cf. F. excitable.] Capable of being excited, or roused into action; susceptible of excitement; easily stirred up, or stimulated. [1913 Webster] …   The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

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  • excitable — c.1600, from L.L. excitabilis inciting, animating, from excitare (see EXCITE (Cf. excite)). Related: Excitability …   Etymology dictionary

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  • excitable — (Del lat. excitabĭlis). 1. adj. Capaz de ser excitado. 2. Que se excita fácilmente …   Diccionario de la lengua española

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  • excitable — [ek sīt′ə bəl, iksīt′ə bəl] adj. 1. that is easily excited 2. Physiol. capable of responding to the proper stimulus; irritable excitability n. excitably adv …   English World dictionary

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