adjective
1. (of persons) excessively affected by emotion (Freq. 4)
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he would become emotional over nothing at all
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she was worked up about all the noise
• Similar to: ↑agitated
• Derivationally related forms: ↑emotionality (for: ↑emotional)
2. in an aroused state (Freq. 3)
• Ant: ↑unexcited
• Similar to:
↑aflutter, ↑nervous, ↑agog, ↑crazy, ↑fevered, ↑intoxicated, ↑drunk, ↑overexcited, ↑stimulated, ↑stirred, ↑stirred up, ↑aroused, ↑teased, ↑titillated, ↑thrilled, ↑thrillful
• See Also: ↑agitated
3. marked by uncontrolled excitement or emotion (Freq. 2)
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a crowd of delirious baseball fans
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something frantic in their gaiety
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a mad whirl of pleasure
• Syn: ↑delirious, ↑frantic, ↑mad, ↑unrestrained
• Similar to: ↑wild
4. (of e.g. a molecule) made reactive or more reactive
• Syn: ↑activated
• Similar to: ↑reactive
• Topics: ↑physics, ↑natural philosophy
Useful english dictionary. 2012.