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Antonyms for excitable
Grammar : Adj |
Spell : ik-sahy-tuh-buhl |
Phonetic Transcription : ɪkˈsaɪ tə bəl |
Definition of excitable
Origin :- c.1600, from Late Latin excitabilis "inciting, animating," from excitare (see excite). Related: Excitability.
- adj easily upset or inspired
- Mrs. Wititterly is of a most excitable nature, Sir Mulberry.
- Extract from : « The Life And Adventures Of Nicholas Nickleby » by Charles Dickens
- The mob state of mind is lurking still in the excitable American temperament.
- Extract from : « The American Mind » by Bliss Perry
- But the Sorells, all the same, had some foreign and excitable blood in them.
- Extract from : « A Writer's Recollections (In Two Volumes), Volume I » by Mrs. Humphry Ward
- Why do you bother your excitable, sick heart with that lunatic's prophecies?
- Extract from : « Melomaniacs » by James Huneker
- The nervous, excitable soprano could not long bide in one place.
- Extract from : « Melomaniacs » by James Huneker
- When two thirds of the way there an angry, excitable voice stopped them.
- Extract from : « Pathfinder » by Alan Douglas
- She isn't strong and she is excitable, and yet she isn't somehow what is called nervous at all.
- Extract from : « Elsie Marley, Honey » by Joslyn Gray
- Eliza was the most excitable and nervous of the three sisters.
- Extract from : « Mary Wollstonecraft » by Elizabeth Robins Pennell
- Peter was an excitable German, who had been very good to the boys.
- Extract from : « The Banner Boy Scouts on a Tour » by George A. Warren
- He was of an excitable disposition, and played high as the evening went on.
- Extract from : « Through Three Campaigns » by G. A. Henty
Synonyms for excitable
- agitable
- alarmable
- demonstrative
- edgy
- emotional
- enthusiastic
- fidgety
- fierce
- fiery
- galvanic
- hasty
- high-strung
- hot-headed
- hot-tempered
- hysterical
- impatient
- impetuous
- impulsive
- inflammable
- intolerant
- irascible
- mercurial
- moody
- nervous
- neurotic
- overzealous
- passionate
- peevish
- quick
- quick-tempered
- rash
- reckless
- restless
- sensitive
- short fused
- skittish
- susceptible
- temperamental
- testy
- touchy
- uncontrolled
- uneasy
- vehement
- violent
- volatile
- volcanic
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