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

Adjective

A student who is excited about an experiment is still learning.

— Arkansas Online, Arkansas Online, 19 Sep. 2026
Based on a straw poll of curators, collectors, and rival dealers at a spree of events last week, this is the show everyone’s most excited to see in Chelsea this fall.

— Nate Freeman, Vanity Fair, 18 Sep. 2026

Definition of excited

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Migratory birds in captivity develop Zugunruhe, an agitated fitfulness, at certain times of year.

— Rivka Galchen, New Yorker, 14 Sep. 2026
Following instructions from the kidnappers (unbeknownst to his increasingly agitated comrades), Lee drives out to meet them for the exchange, only to wreck his car and become distracted saving a nearby woman, Hua (Moon Lee).

— Jake Cole, IndieWire, 10 Sep. 2026

Definition of agitated

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The vast, hectic watercolors of Gladys Nilsson are full of celebrations and small tragedies alike.

— The New York Review of Books, The New York Review of Books, 19 Sep. 2026
Connecting rooms are available, but the compact bedrooms and hectic Damrak setting make the hotel better suited to families with older children than those travelling with toddlers.

— Condé Nast, Condé Nast Traveler, 17 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

Adjective

Scrap what isn’t working—the overwrought schedule, the good habits gone bad.

— USA TODAY, USA Today, 10 Sep. 2026
Affleck’s attempt to bind these three narratives into some grand conclusion, or lesson, about the state of being alive in the world is muddled and overwrought, full of clunky poetry that seems to think abstraction and repetition are keys to meaning.

— Richard Lawson, HollywoodReporter, 8 Sep. 2026

Definition of overwrought

Adjective

In the back, there’s a 38-foot-long heated saltwater pool and a cabana with a full kitchen.

— Adriane Quinlan, Curbed, 15 Sep. 2026
To convert the solid preforms into fiber, workers load them into multi-story draw towers where they are heated and pulled down to 125 microns in diameter — roughly the width of a human hair.

— Charlotte Observer, Charlotte Observer, 15 Sep. 2026

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