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What is another word for excitable?

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Responding readily to something new or stimulating, especially temperamentally

Susceptible to anger or prone to getting on the defensive

Easily agitated or alarmed

Quick or likely to change consistently

Showing enthusiasm or displaying positive energy about something

Having a predisposition to argue or engage in confrontations

Lightheartedly silly or excitable

Irritable and quick to take offense at petty things

Having a fun-loving or high-spirited disposition or manner

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Responding readily to something new or stimulating, especially temperamentally

knock-down-and-drag-out

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“Plenty of turn-out time and correct feeding for the type of work the horse is doing, will help to calm an excitable temperament.”

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Susceptible to anger or prone to getting on the defensive

quick to take offense

quick to take offence

having got out of bed on the wrong side

like a bear with a sore head

ill-humored^US

cavilling^UK

raspy

tart

as cross as two sticks

caviling^US

having got out of bed the wrong side

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“She can be, shall we say, quite excitable if you insult Justin Bieber.”

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Easily agitated or alarmed

like a cat on a hot tin roof

in a twitter

like a cat on hot bricks

in a state of agitation

at the end of your tether

like a fish out of water

faint-hearted

waiting with bated breath

diffident

shook up

irrational

with your heart in your mouth

waiting for the axe to fall

with one's stomach in knots

having butterflies in the stomach

in a blue funk

shaking in one's shoes

fearfully anticipating

apprehensively expecting

lacking social skills

terrorized^US

terrorised^UK

lacking self-confidence

lacking in confidence

scared out of your wits

shaking like a leaf

horror-stricken

having cold feet

frightened out of your wits

terror-struck

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Quick or likely to change consistently

flaky^UK

flakey^US

full of ups and downs

checkered^US

chequered^UK

continuously changing

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Showing enthusiasm or displaying positive energy about something

bright-eyed and bushy-tailed

in transports of delight

beside oneself with happiness

energized^US

energised^UK

in a frenzy of delight

waiting with bated breath

galvanized^US

galvanised^UK

delirious with happiness

full of vim and vigour

on the edge of your seat

enamoured^UK

enamored^US

untrammeled^US

revitalized^US

extremely enthusiastic

revitalised^UK

full of the joys of spring

tantalized^US

enamored of^UK

straining at the leash

tantalised^UK

revelling^UK

reveling^US

honoured^UK

honored^US

beside oneself with joy

full of get-up-and-go

full of joie de vivre

like a child with a new toy

like a dog with two tails

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Having a predisposition to argue or engage in confrontations

cavilling^UK

caviling^US

have chip on shoulder

having a chip on one's shoulder

covertly narcissistic

quarrelling^UK

quarreling^US

terrorizing^US

terrorising^UK

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Adjective

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Lightheartedly silly or excitable

flakey^US

flaky^UK

careless of one's duty

with a mind like a sieve

with your head in the clouds

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Irritable and quick to take offense at petty things

ill-humored^US

like a bear with a sore head

as cross as two sticks

humourless^UK

humorless^US

caviling^US

cavilling^UK

having got out of bed the wrong side

having got out of bed on the wrong side

apt to fly off the handle

perversely irritable

zowerswopped

bad-humored

got up on wrong side of bed

sombre^UK

somber^US

having a fit of the sulks

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Having a fun-loving or high-spirited disposition or manner

full of get-up-and-go

full of vim and vigour

full of joie de vivre

bright-eyed and bushy-tailed

full of the joys of spring

tantalising^UK

tantalizing^US

flakey^US

flaky^UK

full of vim and vigor

as happy as a sandboy

in a good mood

in seventh heaven

tickled to death

beside oneself with joy

like a dog with two tails

without a care in the world

of good cheer

lots of laughs

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