excitement
/ɪkˈsʌɪtmənt/
US pronunciation
American sound/ɪkˈsʌɪtmənt/
ɪkˈsʌɪtmənt
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- 3 syllables
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- 2nd syllable stress
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ɪk - ˈsʌɪtmənt -> excitement
Myanmar meaning
(n) စိတ်လှုပ်ရှားခြင်း။ စိတ်လှုပ်ရှား ပျော်ရွှင်မှု။ စိတ် ဝင်စားစရာ။ စိတ်လှုပ်ရှားဖွယ်။
Full entry
excitement /Çk'saÇtmǝnt/ n
၁။ [U] စိတ်လှုပ်ရှားခြင်း။ စိတ်လှုပ်ရှား ပျော်ရွှင်မှု။ The news of Julia's engagement caused great excitement. ❍ The excitement soon wore off. ❍ They were jumping about in excitement at the discovery.
❍ His eyes were wide with excitement.
၂။ [C] (fml ) စိတ် ဝင်စားစရာ။ စိတ်လှုပ်ရှားဖွယ်။ After all the excitements of last month's election campaign, the papers are now rather dull.
More examples
- The long wait only added to our excitement.
- There was great excitement amongst the crowd as they waited for the president to arrive.
- [excitement of] : The excitement of qualifying for a major championship
- [in someone’s excitement] : In his excitement, Peter rushed out and forgot his keys.
- After the excitements of the tour, I found it difficult to readjust to life at home.
Synonyms
enthusiasm, thrill, exhilaration, anticipation, stimulation, pleasure, animation, action, activity, ado, adventure, agitation, bother, buzz, commotion, confusion, delight, discomposure, disturbance, dither, drama, eagerness, elation, emotion, enjoyment, enthusiasm; incitement, excitation, feeling, ferment, fever, flurry, flutter, frenzy, furor, fuss, heat, hubbub, hullabaloo, hurry, hysteria, impulse, instigation, interest, intoxication, kicks, melodrama, motivation, motive, movement, passion, perturbation, provocation, rage, restlessness, stimulus, stir, tension, titillation, to-do, trepidation, tumult, turmoil, unrest, urge, warmth, wildness
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