excitable

Meaning of excitable

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

Information about excitable

Hyphenation of excitable

ex-citable

  • It consists of 2 syllables and 9 chars.
  • excitable is a word disyllabic because it has two syllables

excitable synonyms

Meaning irritable:

irritable

Meaning (of a person) liable to unreasonable changes of mood:

temperamental

Meaning subject to sudden or unpredictable changes of mood or mind:

mercurial

Meaning (of a person) liable to display rapid changes of emotion:

volatile

Meaning (of a person) having feelings that are easily excited and openly displayed:

emotional

Meaning quick to detect or respond to slight changes, signals, or influences:

sensitive

Meaning likely to give way; not stable:

unstable

Meaning easily agitated or alarmed:

nervous

Meaning (especially of a muscle) stretched tight or rigid:

tense

Meaning appearing decisive or cheerful but unstable or nervous within:

brittle

Meaning tense, nervous, or irritable:

edgy

Meaning (of a person) anxious and uneasy:

jumpy

Meaning nervous; anxious:

twitchy

Meaning (of an animal, especially a horse) nervous or excitable; easily scared:

skittish

Meaning lacking order or stability:

unsettled

Meaning causing or feeling anxiety; troubled or uncomfortable:

uneasy

Meaning having, caused by, or relating to neurosis:

neurotic

Meaning characterized by strong and turbulent or conflicting emotion:

tempestuous

Meaning having, showing, or caused by strong feelings or beliefs:

passionate

Meaning consisting of fire or burning strongly and brightly:

fiery

Meaning having or showing a tendency to be easily angered:

irascible

Meaning easily irritated; impatient and somewhat bad-tempered:

testy

Meaning (of a person) given to unpredictable changes of mood, especially sudden bouts of gloominess or sullenness:

moody

Meaning easily upset or offended; oversensitive:

touchy

Meaning irritable and inclined to speak sharply; snappish:

snappy

Meaning anxious or angry in a tense and overly controlled way:

uptight

Meaning making use of computers to transfer or receive information, especially by means of the internet:

wired

excitable antonyms

Meaning not easily upset or excited:

placid

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