Ten better ways to say: excited

A recent series of good news from friends has me excited, a feeling that sometimes requires a more nuanced or expressive phrase. Here are ten alternatives, some for good news and some for bad:

  • tingling with anticipation
  • apoplectic
  • beside oneself
  • giddy with glee
  • delighted
  • euphoric
  • hysterical
  • rapturous
  • over the moon
  • tickled to pieces