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as in excited
being in a state of increased activity or agitation
the skyrocketing price of oil resulted in a wildly fluctuating, hyperactive stock market
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as in excitable
easily excited by nature
hyperactive children who are in dire need of a guardian with a firm hand
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Recent Examples of hyperactive
This resulting vehicle looks like a supercar as seen through the eyes of a hyperactive kindergartner especially its nightmarish rear end.
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Bryan Hood, Robb Report, 24 Feb. 2025
Lines were spoken as if newly coined from the hyperactive minds of Macbeth and his wife.
—Charles McNulty, Los Angeles Times, 19 Feb. 2025
If DreamWorks Animation frequently trips on its own feet by making movies that are overly complicated and hyperactive, 2019’s Abominable represents what happens when the studio makes an adventure that’s straight down the middle.
—James Grebey, Vulture, 31 Jan. 2025
An ocean heat wave that has decimated South Florida’s coral reefs and powered hyperactive hurricane seasons for at least two summers bears much of the blame for rapid intensification.
—Jack Prator, Orlando Sentinel, 30 Dec. 2024
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Bryan Hood, Robb Report, 24 Feb. 2025
Lines were spoken as if newly coined from the hyperactive minds of Macbeth and his wife.
—Charles McNulty, Los Angeles Times, 19 Feb. 2025
If DreamWorks Animation frequently trips on its own feet by making movies that are overly complicated and hyperactive, 2019’s Abominable represents what happens when the studio makes an adventure that’s straight down the middle.
—James Grebey, Vulture, 31 Jan. 2025
An ocean heat wave that has decimated South Florida’s coral reefs and powered hyperactive hurricane seasons for at least two summers bears much of the blame for rapid intensification.
—Jack Prator, Orlando Sentinel, 30 Dec. 2024
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for hyperactive
Adjective
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Kolache fans headed to Florida's Gulf Coast shouldn't get too excited yet, though.—
Melissa Locker,
Southern Living,
21 Apr. 2025
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His new kick-change has been a nice weapon against lefties and Taillon is excited about the pitch.—
Sahadev Sharma,
New York Times,
21 Apr. 2025
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Its participants are easily excitable and just as effortlessly aggrieved, their collective nervous system tied somewhat intrinsically to social media notifications.—
Larisha Paul,
Rolling Stone,
17 Apr. 2025
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And if Django’s Billy Crash tapped into Goggins’s ability to thrive with brutal spite, Mannix plays more to Goggins’s excitable energy and capacity for being clever (even when his character seems to be anything but).—
Daniel Dockery,
Vulture,
6 Apr. 2025
Adjective
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One was his heated exchange with Gore Vidal, which became so famous that a documentary about it, The Best of Enemies, was made about it in 2015.—
Doug Ducey,
National Review,
14 Apr. 2025
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On Wednesday, the second day of the trial, witness Nancy Jo Hancock — a woman who went on a date with Charles Vallow in July 2019 the night before Vallow was shot and killed — got into a heated exchange with Vallow Daybell during cross-examination.—
Stepheny Price,
FOXNews.com,
13 Apr. 2025
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At times brutal and always volatile, the album functions as a sort of electro-shock therapy applied from the shoulders down, layering hard beats, ambient whorls, and nervous acid ticks to trigger a state of full-body rapture.—
Jazz Monroe,
Pitchfork,
18 Apr. 2025
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At the same time, sellers might get nervous if deal activity slows down.—
James Nelson,
Forbes.com,
18 Apr. 2025
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Pedestrians scoot past agitated mutterers or calculate their chances of survival before stepping into a crosswalk.—
Justin Davidson,
Curbed,
18 Apr. 2025
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Female carpenter bees won’t sting unless they’re confined in your hand or become highly agitated.—
Evan Moore,
Charlotte Observer,
16 Apr. 2025
Adjective
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Research suggests as many as 80% of people with IC/BPS have overactive or tight pelvic floor muscles.—
Erica Sloan,
SELF,
16 Apr. 2025
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Research has consistently linked higher stress and anxiety levels with overactive bladder symptoms.—
Dr. Jamin Brahmbhatt,
CNN Money,
16 Apr. 2025
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“Hyperactive.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/hyperactive. Accessed 30 Apr. 2025.
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