as in excitable
easily excited by nature
an elderly couple who are unable to control their hyperkinetic grandson
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Recent Examples of hyperkinetic
Eisenberg’s performance is terrific, muted and hyperkinetic in all the right ways.
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TIME, 1 Nov. 2024
Unsettled by how images of atrocities get diminished as just another picture in our hyperkinetic culture, the rapper-actor wrote a new set of verses to accompany the keening chorus from the original song.
—Stephen Thomas Erlewine, Vulture, 20 Sep. 2024
Meanwhile, his wife is a stylish and gracious psychiatrist whose sister married a duke; his children are a cerebral lesbian fashion model and a hyperkinetic globe-trotting DJ.
—Randy Boyagoda, The Atlantic, 16 Aug. 2024
An eventual entry into the pantheon of hyperkinetic pulp creators doesn’t feel like a reach at all.
—David Fear, Rolling Stone, 12 Mar. 2024
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TIME, 1 Nov. 2024
Unsettled by how images of atrocities get diminished as just another picture in our hyperkinetic culture, the rapper-actor wrote a new set of verses to accompany the keening chorus from the original song.
—Stephen Thomas Erlewine, Vulture, 20 Sep. 2024
Meanwhile, his wife is a stylish and gracious psychiatrist whose sister married a duke; his children are a cerebral lesbian fashion model and a hyperkinetic globe-trotting DJ.
—Randy Boyagoda, The Atlantic, 16 Aug. 2024
An eventual entry into the pantheon of hyperkinetic pulp creators doesn’t feel like a reach at all.
—David Fear, Rolling Stone, 12 Mar. 2024
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for hyperkinetic
Adjective
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The cranky and irritating backseat driver, who bums a lift midway through the Griswolds' adventure, also has with her the easily excitable pooch Dinky.—
Jordan Hoffman,
Entertainment Weekly,
28 Sep. 2025
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Seriesly’s own pitching competitions were well attended and brought the excitable energy that newer talent brings to proceedings.—
Jesse Whittock,
Deadline,
19 Sep. 2025
Adjective
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But there will be a lot of nervous folks in New England hoping Bregman's stay in Boston extends past the one-year mark.—
Jackson Roberts,
MSNBC Newsweek,
25 Sep. 2025
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Others were forced into the car, nervous at the prospect of 48 phone-free hours filled with talk about feelings.—
Rachel Hale,
USA Today,
25 Sep. 2025
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“Hyperkinetic.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/hyperkinetic. Accessed 30 Sep. 2025.
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