excitable
adjective C2
Plain meaning
easily made emotional, nervous, or enthusiastic
Exam-register meaning
In formal or high-level texts, it is used to describe easily made emotional, nervous, or enthusiastic, often with a precise or specialised tone.
In context
naturalHis response sounded excitable, so the conversation became difficult.
examThe passage presents a excitable assessment of the policy’s wider consequences.
Common collocations
a excitable responseexcitable behavioura excitable situation
Watch out
Do not use “very excitable” automatically; some advanced adjectives already carry a strong meaning or need a more natural intensifier.
Word family
excitableness (noun, where natural)excitablely (adverb, where natural)