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[ adjective ] creating or arousing excitement
Examples "an exciting account of her trip" Used in print (The Providence Journal...)This is an exciting young actor to watch . (Organic Gardening and Farming,...)Like strawberries in December , pansies are far more exciting in February than in May . (High Fidelity, 11:10...)But having lived with the disc for some time now , I find the performance less exciting than either Schnabel 's or Fleisher 's ( whose superb performance with the Budapest_Quartet has still to be recorded ) and a good_deal less filled with humor than Curzon 's . (Bonnie Prudden, "The Dancer and the Gymnast"...)These are beginnings , but correctly learned they prepare for satisfying and exciting stunts that can be performed by a strong , flexible body ( we are not talking of eccentric extremes ) . (Clifford H. Pope, The Giant Snakes....)His thirteenth chapter includes many exciting accounts of huge serpents with prodigious strength , but these seem to be given to complete his picture , not to be believed . |
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[ adjective ] stimulating interest and discussion
Synonyms Examples "an exciting novel" Used in print (Raymond J. Corsini et al., Roleplaying in Business...)One should keep in mind that many_of the exciting possiblities of roleplaying are largely unexplored and have not been used in industry to the extent that they have been in military and other areas . (Jay Williams, The Forger....)It may have been true for all I know , because his glasses were like the bottoms of milk bottles , but it did n't prevent the paintings from being exciting . Related terms |
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