Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English - excited

~ adj 1 happy, interested, or hopeful because something good has happened or will happen  (Steve's flying home tomorrow - we're all really excited. | excited crowds of shoppers) + abou  (The kids are so excited about Christmas.) + by  (We were all excited by the prospect of a party.) + a  (He got very excited at finding such perfect specimens.) get/feel/look etc excited  (Maria's starting to get pretty excited about the wedding.) 2 very nervous and upset about something so that you cannot relax  (When Thierry gets excited he starts to stutter.) + abou  (There's no point getting excited about it. We can't change things.) 3 feeling sexual desire 4 nothing to get excited about spoken used to say that a film, book etc is not very good or enjoyable and rather disappointing  (Unfortunately Doyle's latest novel is nothing to get excited about.) - excitedly adv  (Squirrels chattering excitedly in the branches above.)