exciting

Valid in Scrabble

Scrabble points
18
Words With Friends
21
Letters
8
Pronunciation
/ɪkˈsʌɪtɪŋ/
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/ɪkˈsʌɪtɪŋ/ · /ɛkˈsʌɪtɪŋ/

Definition of exciting

4 senses · 3 parts of speech

verb

  1. (form-of, gerund, participle, present)present participle and gerund of excite
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verb

  1. (form-of, gerund, participle, present)present participle and gerund of excite

adj

  1. Creating or producing excitement.
    “Some of the most exciting games ever played have ended in draws.”
  2. Sexually 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.”

noun

  1. The 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.”

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