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# overexcited

adjective (overexcited)

«overexcited» in the English dictionary: everyday — its meanings, how the lessons use it, and examples, each with its tree on Mova.

## Everyday

1. So excited that you cannot stay calm and may become silly, loud or wild. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/O/overexcited/#m1)
2. Too excited about something, more than makes sense. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/O/overexcited/#m2)

### In the lessons

In everyday life parents and teachers say children are overexcited before birthdays, holidays or snow days. In stories it shows a character losing control because of joy. Phrases: get overexcited, don't get overexcited.

### Examples

- The puppy got overexcited and knocked over the cups. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/O/overexcited/#x1)
- The kids were overexcited on the last day of term. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/O/overexcited/#x2)
- Don't get overexcited; it might not snow tomorrow. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/O/overexcited/#x3)
- He was so overexcited he couldn't sleep. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/O/overexcited/#x4)
- Overexcited fans ran onto the pitch. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/O/overexcited/#x5)
- Calm down, you're getting overexcited. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/O/overexcited/#x6)

### Note

Over- means too much. Written as one word. Similar: hyper (informal), wound up. Opposite: calm.

## On Mova

- [Trees and pragmatics of «overexcited» in the school dictionary](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/O/overexcited/): every meaning and example parsed by Mova, with its dependency tree and frames.
- [«overexcited» in the school dictionary](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/dictionaries/school/w/overexcited.html) on Mova free.