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Recent Examples of overexuberant
But in a context mostly stripped of overt story, the movements feel more extreme, and even overexuberant, as if let loose from jail: not just high kicks but kicks so high the shins bang the face.
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Jesse Green, New York Times, 19 Mar. 2023
Woodward cautions overexuberant members of the NFT community from being too jubilant.
—Chris Stokel-Walker, Wired, 21 Jan. 2022
By that time scientists were zeroing in on overexuberant inflammation as a key feature of severe COVID.
—Esther Landhuis, Scientific American, 12 Nov. 2021
Now, as the company pursues a SPAC, the question is, is Ginkgo’s eye-popping valuation emblematic of an overexuberant SPAC market, or the result of a company finding the right tool to communicate and capitalize on a truly transformative business idea?
—Adam Bluestein, Fortune, 8 July 2021
Jesse Green, New York Times, 19 Mar. 2023
Woodward cautions overexuberant members of the NFT community from being too jubilant.
—Chris Stokel-Walker, Wired, 21 Jan. 2022
By that time scientists were zeroing in on overexuberant inflammation as a key feature of severe COVID.
—Esther Landhuis, Scientific American, 12 Nov. 2021
Now, as the company pursues a SPAC, the question is, is Ginkgo’s eye-popping valuation emblematic of an overexuberant SPAC market, or the result of a company finding the right tool to communicate and capitalize on a truly transformative business idea?
—Adam Bluestein, Fortune, 8 July 2021
Recent Examples of Synonyms for overexuberant
Adjective
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The reactions over this week’s snowball fight were similar to those that followed a 2019 episode during a heat wave, when boisterous young people engaged in water fights were recorded on video tossing water at police officers.—
Anthony Izaguirre,
Fortune,
26 Feb. 2026
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As players and the club work to be the best women’s soccer team on the planet at 1 Teal Rising Way off of I-635, construction is boisterous and 18-wheelers continuously roll up and down the street across from the complex.—
PJ Green,
Kansas City Star,
25 Feb. 2026
Adjective
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Every detail of Canadian/American (and the slash here is intentionally indicating a romantic relationship versus a friend or co-worker vibe) civics was sillier than the last.—
Bethy Squires,
Vulture,
27 Feb. 2026
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Nothing is too silly or simple.—
Popular Science Team,
Popular Science,
27 Feb. 2026
Adjective
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After his release, LaBeouf was seen drinking a beer and posing with fans while watching the rowdy festivities.—
Cheyenne Roundtree,
Rolling Stone,
26 Feb. 2026
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For generations, the Peso has remained familiar, whether for an afternoon beer and a round of pool, a rowdy nightcap, a rite-of-passage drink after turning 21 or the annual Thanksgiving Eve reunion revelry.—
Leanne Battelle,
Mercury News,
24 Feb. 2026
Adjective
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Even the raucous calls of American crows are fewer and further between.—
Sarah Kaplan,
Washington Post,
26 Feb. 2026
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The players have also learned to channel the raucous crowd to their advantage.—
Ishmael Johnson,
Dallas Morning News,
25 Feb. 2026
Adjective
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And Max Minghella, hard-eyed but soft-spoken, makes a giddy villain.—
Amanda Whiting,
Vulture,
23 Feb. 2026
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The New York BFFs make blingy electroclash and giddy EDM inspired by online brainrot and good ol’ fashioned blackouts.—
Lydia Wei,
Pitchfork,
20 Feb. 2026
Adjective
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My photos that capture Bob in an intense moment, in a happy smiling moment, in a ecstatic leg-up-in-the-air, arm-up-in-the-air moment, those are all my favorite photos.—
Alison Weinflash,
Rolling Stone,
21 Feb. 2026
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Lunar New Year meant two ecstatic weeks of gifts, celebration, feasting, family, and friends.—
Natasha Pickowicz,
Vogue,
20 Feb. 2026
Adjective
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The run is still orderly, not euphoric.—
Josh Brown,Sean Russo,
CNBC,
17 Feb. 2026
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According to Science, this implies that a paste was deliberately applied, rather than the staining being a byproduct of chewing betel nuts for a euphoric high.—
Maria Mocerino,
Interesting Engineering,
14 Feb. 2026
Adjective
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His little giraffe tail bounced up and down to the rapturous applause of an audience that included people wearing inflatable frog suits.—
Toluse Olorunnipa,
The Atlantic,
25 Feb. 2026
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Rosalía’s album has gotten rapturous reviews.—
Paul Grein,
Billboard,
10 Feb. 2026
Cite this Entry
“Overexuberant.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/overexuberant. Accessed 1 Mar. 2026.
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