overexuberant

adjective

Definition of overexuberantnext
as in boisterous

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Recent Examples of overexuberant 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
Recent Examples of Synonyms for overexuberant
  1. boisterous
  2. silly
  3. rowdy
  4. raucous
  5. giddy
  6. ecstatic
  7. euphoric
  8. rapturous
Adjective
  • Once a lawyerly panel, a takeover by a trio of conservatives deeply mistrustful of the state’s voting system has turned the board’s once mundane meetings into boisterous events packed with crowds of cheering and jeering activists.
    — Tamar Hallerman, AJC.com, 3 Aug. 2026
  • Matt Lucas and Marina Prior’s Thénardiers are boisterous and charming — more amiable sleazes than menacing scumbags, if that tracks.
    — Fran Hoepfner, Vulture, 30 July 2026
Definition of boisterous
Adjective
  • Every season of Strange New Worlds has featured at least one episode that emphasizes Star Trek’s silly side (and this may not be the last such outing in season four).
    — Keith Phipps, Vulture, 6 Aug. 2026
  • The silly yellow fruit that became a part of their culture was freighted, from the start, with suggestive meaning.
    — Literary Hub, Literary Hub, 5 Aug. 2026
Definition of silly
Adjective
  • Skubal is deeply competitive, still fueled by his upbringing as a younger brother in a rowdy household.
    — Cody Stavenhagen, New York Times, 2 Aug. 2026
  • The Mystic of my childhood, though, had a modicum of edge — kids with anarchy symbols on their jackets skateboarded outside a coffee shop that reeked of weed, and locals got rowdy at a dysfunctional watering hole called the Draw Bridge Inne.
    — Brenna Ehrlich, Rolling Stone, 31 July 2026
Definition of rowdy
Adjective
  • The family watched the video of Gad’s tribute and the raucous applause that followed.
    — Jenelle Riley, Los Angeles Times, 4 Aug. 2026
  • That’s good enough for always raucous Yankees fans and the perpetually harsh New York media.
    — Chuck Murr, Forbes.com, 4 Aug. 2026
Definition of raucous
Adjective
  • Bailey and Hedges should be giddy about programming PitchCom to account for everything their new battery mate can toss their way.
    — Zack Meisel, New York Times, 4 Aug. 2026
  • Most appealing of all are those moments at which McLoughlin turns into an eager chatelaine, not so much dropping names as introducing them to one another, in the hope of a giddy intellectual chemistry.
    — Anthony Lane, New Yorker, 3 Aug. 2026
Definition of giddy
Adjective
  • His prose radiates an ecstatic pessimism, as if lit up from within by the relief of not having to sugarcoat things with comforting lies.
    — Peter C. Baker, New Yorker, 5 Aug. 2026
  • There was little doubt fans would be ecstatic about Patrick Kane coming back.
    — Scott Powers, New York Times, 4 Aug. 2026
Definition of ecstatic
Adjective
  • The public market has not yet been asked, and the one adjacent listing it was asked about, Circle, drew a Morgan Stanley downgrade on USDC contraction within a year of its euphoric debut.
    — Zennon Kapron, Forbes.com, 7 Aug. 2026
  • With the July 31 release of Wholeheartedly, Terribly Sweet, his Evening Elephants have graduated from backyard pop-up shows to festival stages, including a euphoric Lollapalooza set July 30.
    — Steve Appleford, SPIN, 5 Aug. 2026
Definition of euphoric
Adjective
  • Back in the Big Easy, that victory ignited cathartic, rapturous celebrations and set the stage for a victory parade as wild and well-attended as any held during Mardi Gras.
    — ABC News, ABC News, 4 Aug. 2026
  • This week’s rapturous After Dark selection also reminded me of something hopeful a dear friend said recently.
    — Sarah Shachat, IndieWire, 17 July 2026
Definition of rapturous

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“Overexuberant.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/overexuberant. Accessed 9 Aug. 2026.

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