Exciting Meaning
/ɪkˈsʌɪtɪŋ/, /ɛkˈsʌɪtɪŋ/Definition, CEFR level A1, pronunciation, examples, and quiz.
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verbpresent participle and gerund of excite
adjCreating or producing excitement.
"Some of the most exciting games ever played have ended in draws."— 1955 January, “Chess Caviar”, in Chess Review:
adjSexually stimulating.
"Among the Turks, an exciting compound consists of olibanum, myrrh, camphor, musk, in pulverized form. The resultant perfume is said to affect the genitals."— 1961, Harry E. Wedeck, Dictionary of Aphrodisiacs, New York: The Citadel Press, page 168:
nounThe process of something becoming excited; excitation.
"But parents and masters should make haste in this, as to a great purchase for their children and servants; which while they defer, both sides suffer; the one, in wanting many excitings of grace, the other, in being worse served and obeyed."— 1855, George Herbert, The Complete Works of George Herbert:
Sentence Examples
Movie making is an exciting job.
Some of the movies are exciting.
This is an exciting opportunity for me.
CEFR Practice Quiz
We read an ____ book that made us stay up all night.
CEFR Practice Quiz (Alternate)
The movie was so ____ that I was on the edge of my seat for the entire two hours.
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CEFR Practice Quiz
We read an ____ book that made us stay up all night.
CEFR Practice Quiz (Alternate)
The movie was so ____ that I was on the edge of my seat for the entire two hours.