| exciting | adj menguja, merangsang: an ~ story, kisah yg menguja; an ~ idea, gagasan yg menguja; | Kamus Inggeris-Melayu Dewan |
| sexually | ~ /attractive, exciting, etc/, mengghairahkan: the male’s beak is ~ arousing to the female, paruh burung jantan mengghairahkan burung betina. | Kamus Inggeris-Melayu Dewan |
| arousal | n act of exciting, stirring up, a. (gen) berbangkit, timbul: the ~ of suspicion due to his strange behaviour, rasa syak wasangka yg berbangkit krn tingkah lakunya yg ganjil; b. (sexually) kebangkitan: sexual ~, kebangkitan nafsu berahi; c. (of spirit, sentiment, etc) kebangkitan: the ~ of nationalist feelings, kebangkitan semangat kebangsaan. | Kamus Inggeris-Melayu Dewan |
| interest | 2. quality exciting such desire, minat: money and fame had no ~ for him, wang dan kemasyhuran tdk menarik minatnya; this matter is of great ~ to the group, perkara ini sangat menarik minat kumpulan tersebut; st of ~, sst yg menarik: is there anything of ~ in the paper?, ada apa-apa yg menarik dlm surat khabar?; add ~ to st, menjadikan sst bertambah menarik: intrigues and steamy scenes add ~ to the play, rancangan jahat dan babak-babak yg menghairahkan menjadikan lakonan itu bertambah menarik; | Kamus Inggeris-Melayu Dewan |
| wacky | 2. eccentric, funny and exciting, gila-gila: ~ cartoons, kartun yg gila-gila. | Kamus Inggeris-Melayu Dewan |
| swing | 6. (of party, music) lively, exciting, rancak: the music really ~s, lagu itu rancak betul; | Kamus Inggeris-Melayu Dewan |
| hot | vi; ~ up, (colloq) become more exciting, bertambah /hangat, hebat/: the election campaign is ~ting up, kempen pilihan raya bertambah hangat; | Kamus Inggeris-Melayu Dewan |
| play | ~ for; ~ for money, berjudi utk mendapatkan wang: it’s more exciting to ~ for money, lebih menyeronokkan kalau berjudi utk mendapatkan wang; ~ for pennies, /berjudi, main judi/ sikit-sikit: remember those days when we used to ~ for pennies?, ingatkah masa dulu-dulu ketika kita suka berjudi sikit-sikit?; ~ for sympathy, berpura-pura utk mendapatkan simpati: he spoke of his financial woes, hoping that by ~ing for sympathy, he could get a loan, | Kamus Inggeris-Melayu Dewan |
| play | ~ for; ~ for money, berjudi utk mendapatkan wang: it’s more exciting to ~ for money, lebih menyeronokkan kalau berjudi utk mendapatkan wang; ~ for pennies, /berjudi, main judi/ sikit-sikit: remember those days when we used to ~ for pennies?, ingatkah masa dulu-dulu ketika kita suka berjudi sikit-sikit?; ~ for sympathy, berpura-pura utk mendapatkan simpati: he spoke of his financial woes, hoping that by ~ing for sympathy, he could get a loan, dia memberitahukan masalah kewangannya, dgn harapan bahawa dgn berpura-pura utk mendapatkan simpati, dia akan mendapat pinjaman itu; ~ for time, /melengah-lengahkan, melambat-lambatkan/ waktu: the only hope he has now is to ~ for time, satu-satunya harapan dia sekarang ialah melengah-lengahkan waktu; ~ so. for a fool, /membodohkan, membodoh-bodohkan/ sso: don’t think you can ~ me for a fool, jangan fikir kamu dapat membodohkan saya; | Kamus Inggeris-Melayu Dewan |
| work | ~ up to, meningkat sampai ke: the play ~s up to an exciting climax, drama itu meningkat sampai ke puncak yg mengghairahkan; ~ os up, naik + approp adj: he ~s himself up over the most trivial matters, dia naik risau dgn perkara yg remeh-temeh; try to be calm, don’t ~ yourself up into such a frenzy, cuba bertenang, jangan kamu naik gila spt itu; ~ so. up, membangkitkan + approp n sso: the speaker easily ~ed the crowd up to a fever of excitement, penceramah itu mudah membangkitkan keghairahan orang ramai; ~ st up, a. develop st, membangkitkan sst: he went for a swim to ~ up an appetite, dia pergi berenang utk membangkitkan selera; he could not ~ up any enthuasiasm for the plan, dia tdk dapat membangkitkan minat thdp rancangan itu; b. spend time and effort to improve st, memperbaik sst: I need to ~ up my knowledge of music for the examination, saya perlu memperbaik pengetahuan saya ttg muzik utk peperiksaan; | Kamus Inggeris-Melayu Dewan |