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excitable
adjective as in easily upset or inspired
Strongest matches
Weak matches
- agitable
- alarmable
- edgy
- emotional
- enthusiastic
- fierce
- galvanic
- hasty
- hot-headed
- hot-tempered
- impatient
- impetuous
- inflammable
- intolerant
- irascible
- mercurial
- moody
- nervous
- neurotic
- overzealous
- passionate
- peevish
- quick
- quick-tempered
- rash
- reckless
- sensitive
- short-fused
- susceptible
- testy
- touchy
- uncontrolled
- uneasy
- vehement
- violent
- volatile
- volcanic
Example Sentences
A five-year-old boy who drowned during a family holiday in Greece was an "excitable, happy, loving little child" with "no sense of danger", an inquest has heard.
By contrast, as the tense, excitable Jake, Law doesn’t generate much warmth, or make you believe he’s actually capable of opening a high-class midtown restaurant.
"He isn't hyper and too excitable or in your face, but he's one of those guys who oozes confidence without trying," Coldwell said.
The pinched, excitable vocals might remind you of TV on the Radio or Vampire Weekend, depending on which side of a microgenerational line your birthday lands on.
It was, one excitable fan commented, "like The Avengers for gay people".
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From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.
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