noun
ADJECTIVE
▪ considerable , extreme , great , high , intense , tremendous
▪ breathless , feverish , giddy ( esp. AmE ), heady , wild
▪ genuine , pure , real , sheer
▪
For sheer ~, white-water rafting is hard to beat.
▪ initial
▪ sudden
▪ growing , heightened , mounting
▪ added , further
▪ suppressed
▪ nervous
▪ pleasurable
▪ strange
▪ childlike
▪
I step lightly, with childlike ~.
▪ youthful
▪ intellectual , physical , political , sexual
… OF EXCITEMENT
▪ buzz , flurry , flush , frisson ( esp. BrE ), ripple , rush , surge
▪
She felt a surge of ~ when she heard the song.
▪ element
▪ level
VERB + EXCITEMENT
▪ be bubbling with , be filled with , be flushed with , be giddy with , be tingling with , be trembling with , feel
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She was filled with ~ and apprehension.
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Her face was flushed with ~.
▪ cause , create , generate
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The news caused tremendous ~ among scientists.
▪ bring
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My visits always brought great ~ to my family.
▪ conceal , contain , control , hide , suppress
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He couldn't suppress the ~ in his voice.
▪ add
▪
The element of risk just adds ~.
EXCITEMENT + VERB
▪ build up , grow , mount , rise
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The tension and ~ built up gradually all day.
▪ bubble , bubble up
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Excitement was bubbling up inside her.
▪ course through sb/sth , run through sb/sth
▪
She could feel the ~ coursing through her veins.
▪ fill sb/sth
▪
Both fear and ~ filled her mind.
▪ die down , wear off
PREPOSITION
▪ in ~
▪
She clapped her hands in ~.
▪ with ~
▪
You'll jump up from your seat with ~.
▪ ~ among
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The news has caused great ~ among scientists.
▪ ~ at
▪
her ~ at the prospect of a new job
▪ ~ of
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the ~ of meeting new people
PHRASES
▪ an air of ~
▪
There was an air of ~ about the place.
▪ a feeling of ~ , a sense of ~
▪ a state of ~
▪ a lack of ~