adjective
( sometimes -er/-est )
1. : being a source of or marked by excitement : absorbingly interesting
an exciting adventure
an exciting period in the history of our nation
2. : inducing a state of excitement or excited interest : intriguing , stimulating
an exciting person to know
the exciting mystery of Christmas packages
3. : having an immediate effect : precipitating — used of various agents or causes (as of disease); contrasted with remote
they had long been on bad terms but the exciting cause of the quarrel was her comments on his drinking
the exciting agent of brucellosis is a specific bacterium
• ex·cit·ing·ly adverb