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
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.
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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
The hyperkinetic animation style, which bears no small similarity to Sony’s Spider-Verse hits, can be a bit relentless for adult viewers not steadily ingesting sugary substances.
—Frank Scheck, HollywoodReporter, 3 Sep. 2019
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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
The hyperkinetic animation style, which bears no small similarity to Sony’s Spider-Verse hits, can be a bit relentless for adult viewers not steadily ingesting sugary substances.
—Frank Scheck, HollywoodReporter, 3 Sep. 2019
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for hyperkinetic
Adjective
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Between each dance was an excruciating silence during which network-TV producers monitored and reset their equipment while the men fidgeted onstage like excitable children.—
Rebecca Jennings,
Vulture,
20 Mar. 2026
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Lego Galaxy hopes to draw visitors — and perhaps new audiences — by focusing on slicker, more modern technology and injecting in the park the sort of excitable ride more commonly found at Legoland’s Southern California competitors.—
Todd Martens,
Los Angeles Times,
6 Mar. 2026
Adjective
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Even small amounts of mercury can cause severe damage to the nervous, digestive and immune systems, as well as to the lungs, kidneys, skin and eyes.—
Antonio María Delgado,
Miami Herald,
24 Mar. 2026
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Four more years of antibiotics made Morales nervous.—
Eric Boodman,
STAT,
23 Mar. 2026
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“Hyperkinetic.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/hyperkinetic. Accessed 31 Mar. 2026.
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