overenthusiastic

adjective

over·​en·​thu·​si·​as·​tic ˌō-vər-in-ˌthü-zē-ˈa-stik 

-en-,

 also  -ˌthyü-

: having or showing an excessive degree of enthusiasm : overly enthusiastic

… was minding his own business at a computer conference when an apparently overenthusiastic fan gave him a kind of bear hug around the neck, which wrenched some vertebrae …

—Ron Rosenbaum and Marissa Martinelli

Indeed, he thinks many in the press and business community may be a little overenthusiastic about how soon many of these new technologies will have an impact.

—Patricia Panchak

… he made an overenthusiastic lunge from the stage and tore cartilage in his knee.

—Judith Jacklin Belushi

overenthusiastically

ˌō-vər-in-ˌthü-zē-ˈa-sti-k(ə-)lē 

-en-

 also  -ˌthyü-

adverb

… I played it willingly, throwing myself into it overenthusiastically because I had few prospects and little choice.

—Evangeline Henry

Examples of overenthusiastic in a Sentence

Recent Examples on the Web

When Regina couriers over a copy of Blake the background actor’s spec script and some threatening fan mail from a particularly overenthusiastic Wavey ’shipper, Elsbeth undertakes a one-woman table read. —Sophie Brookover, Vulture, 19 Dec. 2024

Pop superstar Billie Eilish became the latest performer hit by a flying object – seemingly a necklace or bracelet – tossed by an apparently overenthusiastic and certainly moronic audience member. —Greg Evans, Deadline, 14 Dec. 2024

However, others warned there may be a bitcoin price correction this week as overenthusiastic traders pull back from their post-election optimism. —Billy Bambrough, Forbes, 6 Nov. 2024

This is far from the first time that overenthusiastic Pokémon Go players have exasperated OpenStreetMap contributors. —Andrew Cunningham, Ars Technica, 6 May 2024

We’ve all been unwittingly sprayed by large droplets of saliva from the mouth of an overenthusiastic talker. —Sarah Zhang, The Atlantic, 7 Sep. 2021

There’s even an overenthusiastic laugh track. —San Diego Union-Tribune, 18 June 2021

An overenthusiastic right foot can overpower the front tires and bring on understeer, but lifting off restores front-end traction immediately and bends the Scirocco into the turn. —Csaba Csere, Car and Driver, 21 Mar. 2023

But that’s entirely a matter of passably sleek costuming, locations and cinematography, not to mention bombastically overenthusiastic soundtrack selections trying to force-inject adrenalin into lackluster proceedings. —Dennis Harvey, Variety, 9 Mar. 2023

Word History

First Known Use

1857, in the meaning defined above

Rhymes for overenthusiastic

• aeroelastic
• ecclesiastic
• elastoplastic
• enthusiastic
• iconoclastic
• interscholastic
• megaloblastic
• osteoblastic
• photoelastic
• thermoelastic
• viscoelastic
• anaplastic