HYPEREXCITED Synonyms: 46 Similar and Opposite Words

hyperexcited

adjective

Definition of hyperexcited

as in overexcited

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Adjective

The atmosphere aboard felt like Christmas Eve with a ship full of overexcited children.

— Daisy Dobrijevic, Space.com, 19 Aug. 2026
At their reunion, an overexcited Andy is met by a typically cool Miranda, who characteristically doesn’t even remember her.

— Jake Coyle, Twin Cities, 29 Apr. 2026

Definition of overexcited

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Reddington looked visibly agitated while in the courtroom, both during sidebar — at which Clancy was present — and during Sullivan’s instructions.

— Liam Quinn, PEOPLE, 3 Sep. 2026
Officers described the videos recorded by that camera, writing that Westman seemed agitated after a visit with family and at times sobbed before driving by the church and school the night before the attack.

— ABC News, ABC News, 27 Aug. 2026

Definition of agitated

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As detailed in last week’s hot seat temperature check, things have the potential to get hectic.

— Bruce Feldman, New York Times, 3 Sep. 2026
Pro athletes are also on the road a lot, left alone in empty hotel rooms with time on their hands, perhaps unable to form normal romantic relationships because of their hectic timetables.

— Ben Church, CNN Money, 1 Sep. 2026

Definition of hectic

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Finally, there was the matter of Pollak himself, whose hyperactive social posts could come across as cringe, leaving many, including some inside Coinbase, to see him as high on his own supply.

— Jeff John Roberts, Fortune, 20 July 2026
Your hyperactive dog catches the scent of a deer and, powered by his hunter's instinct, disappears in the forest.

— Tereza Pultarova, Space.com, 11 July 2026

Definition of hyperactive

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Moments like these can definitely seem overwrought (and humor-wise, Moretti should probably refrain from the Viagra jokes), but they’re also handled with a fair amount of tongue-in-cheek tact despite some of the unbelievable circumstances.

— Jordan Mintzer, HollywoodReporter, 5 Sep. 2026
In true Richards’ fashion, of course, Kyle transfers her distress into throwing yet another one of her overwrought white parties, whose guest list is filled with a caravan of beloved names in the Bravo-verse.

— Shamira Ibrahim, Vulture, 24 Aug. 2026

Definition of overwrought

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