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Recent Examples of overexcited
Calm restored in the Treasury market, yields settling back slightly to quiet the overexcited talk about fiscal fissures.
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Michael Santoli, CNBC, 2 June 2025
After a brain injury, NMDA receptors can become overexcited, causing further cell death, so quieting these receptors might prevent additional damage.
—Stephanie Pappas, Scientific American, 29 May 2025
Team members become overexcited about their fantasy football teams, or individuals chat about the latest Netflix hit.
—Cheryl Robinson, Forbes.com, 23 May 2025
However, some overexcited roadies (played by Kevin Nealon, Dana Carvey and Dennis Miller) resulted in Bertinelli getting up and leaving before the dinner had even really started.
—Becca Longmire, People.com, 5 Mar. 2025
Romy is headed to the office when the overexcited animal gets away from its owner and starts charging down the sidewalk right at her.
—Alison Willmore, Vulture, 4 Dec. 2024
However, some overexcited roadies (played by Kevin Nealon, Dana Carvey and Dennis Miller) resulted in Bertinelli getting up and leaving before the dinner had even really started.
—Becca Longmire, People.com, 5 Mar. 2025
Swift showed up with her squad, got booed by overexcited Eagles fans, and made an enemy of President Donald J. Trump.
—Vulture Staff, Vulture, 9 Feb. 2025
Romy is headed to the office when the overexcited animal gets away from its owner and starts charging down the sidewalk right at her.
—Alison Willmore, Vulture, 4 Dec. 2024
Michael Santoli, CNBC, 2 June 2025
After a brain injury, NMDA receptors can become overexcited, causing further cell death, so quieting these receptors might prevent additional damage.
—Stephanie Pappas, Scientific American, 29 May 2025
Team members become overexcited about their fantasy football teams, or individuals chat about the latest Netflix hit.
—Cheryl Robinson, Forbes.com, 23 May 2025
However, some overexcited roadies (played by Kevin Nealon, Dana Carvey and Dennis Miller) resulted in Bertinelli getting up and leaving before the dinner had even really started.
—Becca Longmire, People.com, 5 Mar. 2025
Romy is headed to the office when the overexcited animal gets away from its owner and starts charging down the sidewalk right at her.
—Alison Willmore, Vulture, 4 Dec. 2024
However, some overexcited roadies (played by Kevin Nealon, Dana Carvey and Dennis Miller) resulted in Bertinelli getting up and leaving before the dinner had even really started.
—Becca Longmire, People.com, 5 Mar. 2025
Swift showed up with her squad, got booed by overexcited Eagles fans, and made an enemy of President Donald J. Trump.
—Vulture Staff, Vulture, 9 Feb. 2025
Romy is headed to the office when the overexcited animal gets away from its owner and starts charging down the sidewalk right at her.
—Alison Willmore, Vulture, 4 Dec. 2024
Recent Examples of Synonyms for overexcited
Adjective
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Our family couldn’t be more excited to welcome baby #3 soon!—
Kimberlee Speakman,
People.com,
26 July 2025
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While some seemed excited about Buck's sudden appearance, some speculated about the possibility of Stephanopoulos leaving the show.—
Alexis Simmerman,
Austin American Statesman,
25 July 2025
Adjective
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Manage Play Styles Excitable, high-energy play indoors can lead to more hyperactive behavior.—
Lucy Notarantonio,
MSNBC Newsweek,
16 July 2025
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The interior Northwest and North Central U.S. will experience the greatest heat, bringing with it continued amounts of drought and a potentially hyperactive wildfire season.—
Renny Vandewege,
Forbes.com,
12 May 2025
Adjective
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These medications treat chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD) and an overactive bladder.—
Carrie Madormo,
Verywell Health,
10 July 2025
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Using mice that had the genetic mutation that causes overactive LRRK2 and also had symptoms consistent with early Parkinson’s disease, the scientists tried feeding them the inhibitor for two weeks.—
Khloe Quill,
FOXNews.com,
7 July 2025
Adjective
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Immigration attorney Mustafa Cetin told NJ.com around 50 detainees at the private center pushed down a dormitory wall after becoming agitated when meals were delayed.—
Greg Norman,
FOXNews.com,
18 July 2025
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With the addition of each agenda, each passionate cause that grows more and more aggressive as its members grow more agitated, the tension in the film increases.—
Scott Phillips,
Forbes.com,
15 July 2025
Adjective
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It’s been a hectic couple of weeks for the Celtics’ first-round pick.—
Zack Cox,
Boston Herald,
13 July 2025
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The hectic fever dream of the anime adaptation of Dan Da Dan is anime at its unhinged best.—
Ollie Barder,
Forbes.com,
13 July 2025
Adjective
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Jeffrey Harris, a former prosecutor with the Southern District of New York, said jurors might have agreed that the prosecution’s case was overwrought from the start.—
Daniel Arkin,
NBC news,
2 July 2025
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The narrative is deliberately overwrought and overwritten.—
Thomas Mallon,
New Yorker,
30 June 2025
Adjective
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The bullpen market The frenzied run on relievers that began Wednesday should continue up to the deadline, considering the number of teams in need and the number of late-inning arms still available.—
Ken Rosenthal,
New York Times,
31 July 2025
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There will be other interesting circumstances in the three remaining days before teams finish their roster machinations but Jansen remaining on the active roster after finding out he was traded remains highly unique for a frenzied time of the baseball season.—
Larry Fleisher,
Forbes.com,
29 July 2025
Adjective
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The regime's feverish efforts to stamp out dissent are matched only by the courage and persistence of ordinary Iranians.—
Tom Ridge,
MSNBC Newsweek,
21 July 2025
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The tax stimulus comes at just the right time for the private jet industry, which has seen a slowdown in growth from its feverish pitch in 2020 and 2021.—
Robert Frank,
CNBC,
14 July 2025
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“Overexcited.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/overexcited. Accessed 6 Aug. 2025.
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