ROGET'S THESAURUS OF ENGLISH WORDS AND PHRASES ...

flaming; boiling over; ebullient, seething; foaming at the mouth; fuming, raging,
carried away by passion, wild, raving, frantic, mad, distracted, beside oneself, out of
one's wits, ready to burst, bouleverse † , demoniacal.
lost, eperdu [Fr.], tempest-tossed; haggard; ready to sink.
stung to the quick, up, on one's high ropes.
exciting, absorbing, riveting, distracting &c v.; impressive, warm, glowing, fervid,
swelling, imposing, spirit-stirring, thrilling; high-wrought; soul-stirring, soul-subduing;
heart-stirring, heart-swelling, heart-thrilling; agonizing &c (painful) 830; telling,
sensational, hysterical; overpowering, overwhelming; more than flesh and blood can
bear; yellow.
piquant &c (pungent) 392; spicy, appetizing, provocative, provoquant † , tantalizing.
eager to go, anxious to go, chafing at the bit.
Adv. till one is black in the face.
Phr. the heart beating high, the heart going pitapat, the heart leaping into one's mouth;
the blood being up, the blood boiling in one's veins; the eye glistening, the eyes in a fine
frenzy rolling; the head turned; when the going gets tough, the tough get going [Richard
Nixon].
825. [Excess of sensitiveness] Excitability -- N. excitability, impetuosity, vehemence;
boisterousness &c adj.; turbulence; impatience, intolerance, nonendurance † ; irritability
&c (irascibility) 901; itching &c (desire) 865; wincing; disquiet, disquietude;
restlessness; fidgets, fidgetiness; agitation &c (irregular motion) 315.
trepidation, perturbation, ruffle, hurry, fuss, flurry; fluster, flutter; pother, stew,
ferment; whirl; buck fever; hurry-skurry † , thrill &c (feeling) 821; state of excitement,
fever of excitement; transport.
passion, excitement, flush, heat; fever, heat; fire, flame, fume, blood boiling; tumult;
effervescence, ebullition; boiling over; whiff, gust, story, tempest; scene, breaking out,
burst, fit, paroxysm, explosion; outbreak, outburst; agony.
violence &c 173; fierceness &c adj.; rage, fury, furor, furore † , desperation, madness,
distraction, raving, delirium; phrensy † , frenzy, hysterics; intoxication; tearing passion,
raging passion; anger &c 900.
fascination, infatuation, fanaticism; Quixotism, Quixotry; tete montee [Fr.].
V. be impatient &c adj.; not be able to bear &c 826; bear ill, wince, chafe, champ a bit;
be in a stew &c n.; be out of all patience, fidget, fuss, not have a wink of sleep; toss on
one's pillow.
lose one's temper &c 900; break out, burst out, fly out; go off, fly off, fly off at a
tangent, fly off the handle, lose one's cool [Coll.]; explode, flare up, flame up, fire up,
burst into a flame, take fire, fire, burn; boil, boil over; foam, fume, rage, rave, rant, tear;
go wild, run wild, run mad, go into hysterics; run riot, run amuck; battre la campagne
[Fr.], faire le diable a quatre [Fr.], play the deuce.
Adj. excitable, easily excited, in an excitable state; high-strung; irritable &c (irascible)
901; impatient, intolerant.
feverish, febrile, hysterical; delirious, mad, moody, maggoty-headed.
unquiet, mercurial, electric, galvanic, hasty, hurried, restless, fidgety, fussy; chafing
&c v.. startlish † , mettlesome, high-mettled † , skittish.
vehement, demonstrative, violent, wild, furious, fierce, fiery, hot-headed, madcap.