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excitable

/ɪkˈsaɪtəbl/adjective

उच्चारण इक्साइटबल

जल्दी उत्तेजित होने वाला

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    (of people or animals) becoming excited too easily

    जल्दी उत्तेजित होने वाला

    • an excitable puppy
    • an excitable crowd
    • The excitable children could not sit still on the bus.
    + 2 more examples
    • Our dog is very excitable when guests arrive.
    • Excitable fans rushed onto the field.

    Synonyms emotional temperamental volatile nervous highly strung

    Opposite calm placid even-tempered phlegmatic

§Structures (grammar patterns) 4

excitable + person / animal

Excitable describes someone whose nature is to get excited too easily, not a temporary state.

'Excitable' उस व्यक्ति का वर्णन करता है जिसका स्वभाव ही बहुत जल्दी उत्तेजित होना है, अस्थायी अवस्था नहीं।

  • He is an excitable child who cannot sit still.
  • The puppy is very excitable.

easily / highly excitable

Adverbs go before the adjective: easily excitable and highly excitable.

Adverb adjective से पहले आते हैं: easily excitable और highly excitable।

  • The young horse is easily excitable near crowds.

excitable vs excited vs exciting

Excitable is a trait, excited is a feeling now, and exciting describes the cause.

'Excitable' स्वभाव है, 'excited' अभी की भावना है और 'exciting' कारण का वर्णन करता है।

  • He was excited about the match, but he is not an excitable man.

excitable temperament / nature

Used with temperament or nature, it names a character that needs calm handling.

Temperament या nature के साथ यह ऐसे स्वभाव को बताता है जिसे शांत ढंग से सँभालना पड़ता है।

  • Her excitable nature made her a poor judge in calm debates.
+Collocations 4

adverb + excitable

highlyeasilyratherextremelynaturally

  • The children are highly excitable before the picnic.

excitable + noun

childcrowdtemperamentpuppynature

  • An excitable crowd gathered near the stage.

become / grow excitable

becomegrowremainseemget

  • The audience grew excitable as the singer arrived.

excitable + contrast

calmsteadynervousrestlesshasty

  • He is excitable, but his sister is calm and steady.
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  • The excitable commentator shouted at every boundary.

उत्तेजित हो जाने वाला कमेंटेटर हर चौके पर चिल्ला उठता था।

  • Radhika's brother is so excitable that he cannot wait for the bus quietly.

राधिका का भाई इतना उतावला है कि वह शांति से बस का इंतज़ार नहीं कर सकता।

  • Teachers found the class excitable on the day of the school trip.

स्कूल यात्रा के दिन शिक्षकों ने कक्षा को बहुत उत्तेजित पाया।

  • Dogs are more excitable during thunderstorms.

आँधी-तूफ़ान के समय कुत्ते अधिक उत्तेजित हो जाते हैं।

  • An excitable crowd can quickly turn into a mob.

आसानी से उत्तेजित होने वाली भीड़ जल्दी ही उपद्रवी भीड़ बन सकती है।

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✗ The excitable news spread fast.

✓ The exciting news spread fast.

News that causes excitement is exciting; excitable describes a person's nature.

उत्साह जगाने वाला समाचार 'exciting' होता है; 'excitable' व्यक्ति के स्वभाव का वर्णन करता है।

✗ She is easy excitable and cries quickly.

✓ She is easily excitable and cries quickly.

An adverb is needed before an adjective.

Adjective से पहले adverb चाहिए।

✗ He is very excitable boy and never sits quietly.

✓ He is a very excitable boy and never sits quietly.

A singular countable noun phrase needs the article a.

Singular countable noun वाले phrase से पहले article 'a' चाहिए।

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ex·cit·able

The e of excite dropped before -able (not 'exciteable').

-able से पहले excite का e हटकर ('exciteable' गलत है)।

?Which word?

Keep the easily-upset words together: excitable, volatile (changing mood suddenly), temperamental, highly strung (nervous and easily upset), mercurial (changing mood often).

जल्दी विचलित होने के शब्द साथ याद रखिए: excitable, volatile (अचानक मूड बदलने वाला), temperamental, highly strung (घबराहट भरा और जल्दी विचलित), mercurial (अक्सर मूड बदलने वाला)।

The calm opposite set: placid, phlegmatic (calm, not easily excited), stolid.

शांत विपरीत समूह: placid, phlegmatic (शांत, आसानी से उत्तेजित नहीं), stolid।