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エキサイトする · noun or participle which takes 'suru'

Meanings

Used for becoming emotionally excited, agitated, or worked up. Often used in the form エキサイトする.

〈事こと〉にエキサイトするto get excited about something
観かん客きゃくは試し合あいにエキサイトした。
The spectators got excited about the match.
〈人ひと〉をエキサイトさせるto excite someone; get someone worked up
彼かれのスピーチは聴ちょう衆しゅうをエキサイトさせた。
His speech got the audience excited.

興こう奮ふんN2
興奮 is the general, everyday word for becoming excited or agitated, while エキサイト is a casual loanword often used in media or informal speech for the same idea.
熱ねっ狂きょう
熱狂 describes intense, almost frenzied enthusiasm (e.g. a crowd cheering wildly), whereas エキサイト covers milder or more general excitement.

冷れい静せいN3
冷静 describes a calm, composed state, the opposite of the agitated feeling expressed by エキサイト.
落おち着つくN3
落ち着く means to calm down or settle, the reverse action of エキサイトする (getting excited).

エキゾチック
エキゾチック means 'exotic' and only shares the initial エキ sound with エキサイト, which means to get excited—learners sometimes mix up the two loanwords.

Loanword from English 'excite', used as a noun and suru-verb in Japanese.