Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

exciting

/ɪkˈsʌɪtɪŋ/

Word Rarity Uncommon

Frequency: 4.54 in modern English

Syllables: ex-cit-ing
IPA: /ɪkˈsʌɪtɪŋ/

18

Scrabble Score

8

Letters

3

Syllables

7

Unique Chars

Meaning

verb

present participle and gerund of excite

adj

Creating or producing excitement.

adj

Sexually stimulating.

noun

The process of something becoming excited; excitation.

Example Sentences

"Some of the most exciting games ever played have ended in draws."
"Among the Turks, an exciting compound consists of olibanum, myrrh, camphor, musk, in pulverized form. The resultant perfume is said to affect the genitals."
"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."

Inflected Forms

more exciting (comparative) most exciting (superlative) excitings (plural)

Derived Forms

eggciting excitingly excitingness hyperexciting nonexciting unexciting

Frequently Paired Words

enthusiastic thrill

Synonyms

absorbing alacrifying awesome banging bracing hot compelling distracting dramatic edge-of-the-seat engrossing electric

Antonyms

boring calming nonexciting restful relaxing unexciting wearisome

Rhymes With

writing fighting lighting citing inviting biting uniting sighting inciting rewriting underwriting reciting

Questions

How do you pronounce exciting?: The recorded pronunciation is /ɪkˈsʌɪtɪŋ/.
What does exciting mean?: present participle and gerund of excite

How to pronounce exciting

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