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 venue was crammed with excitable 20- and 30-something women, among them Willa Bennett, the editor of Cosmopolitan and Seventeen.—
Carrie Battan,
Vulture,
15 Jan. 2026
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Golden retrievers of all ages — from excitable puppies playing in the mud to more mature canines roaming in Santa hats and fairy costumes — filled the park as owners sat drinking yerba mate, a typical Argentine drink, and taking pictures.—
Miguel Lo Bianco,
USA Today,
16 Dec. 2025
Adjective
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While the money is flowing, state officials are still nervous.—
Miquéla V Thornton,
Bloomberg,
27 Jan. 2026
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The atmosphere at the Emirates was nervous, too, and their next two opponents — Leeds (away) and Sunderland (home) — will give no quarter.—
Tim Spiers,
New York Times,
26 Jan. 2026
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“Hyperkinetic.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/hyperkinetic. Accessed 29 Jan. 2026.
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