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1 exciting
adjective an exciting adventure.) spennandi -
2 adventure
[əd'ven ə](a bold or exciting undertaking or experience: He wrote a book about his adventures in the Antarctic.) ævintÿri, hættuför- adventurous
- adventurously -
3 drama
1) (a play for acting on the stage: He has just produced a new drama.) leikrit2) (plays for the stage in general: modern drama.) leikbókmenntir3) (the art of acting in plays: He studied drama at college.) leiklist4) (exciting events: Life here is full of drama.) áhrifamikill atburður•- dramatic- dramatically
- dramatist
- dramatize
- dramatise
- dramatization -
4 dull
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5 eventful
adjective ((negative uneventful) full of events; exciting: We had an eventful day.) viðburðaríkur -
6 excite
1) (to cause or rouse strong feelings of expectation, happiness etc in: The children were excited at the thought of the party.) æsa2) (to cause or rouse (feelings, emotions etc): The book did not excite my interest.) vekja•- excitability
- excited
- excitedly
- excitement
- exciting -
7 hot up
past tense, past participle - hotted; verb (to increase; to become more exciting etc.) hita (upp), hitna -
8 narrative
noun (a story: an exciting narrative.) saga, frásögn -
9 piquant
['pi:kənt](sharp in taste; appetizing: a piquant sauce; a piquant (= exciting or interesting) situation.) bragðskarpur, sem kitlar bragðlaukana- piquancy -
10 romance
1) (the relationship, actions etc of people who are in love: It was a beautiful romance, but it didn't last.) ástarævintÿri2) (a story about such a relationship etc, especially one in which the people, events etc are more exciting etc than in normal life: She writes romances.) ástarsaga3) (this kind of excitement: She felt her life was lacking in romance.) ástarævintÿri•- romantic- romantically -
11 rousing
adjective (stirring; exciting: a rousing speech.) örvandi, hvetjandi -
12 stirring
adjective (exciting or moving: a stirring tale.) áhrifamikill -
13 swinging
adjective (fashionable and exciting: the swinging city of London.) sem er í tísku og spennandi -
14 tame
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15 thriller
noun (an exciting novel or play, usually about crime, detectives etc: I always take a thriller to read on the train.) hrollvekja, spennu- -
16 thrilling
adjective (exciting.) hrollvekjandi; spennandi
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