overarousal

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noun

excessive arousal

Opposite
underarousal
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Meanings

nounoverarousal (uncountable)
  1. uncountableexcessive arousal
    1 more example

    In every such patient I found a sort of triad or tryptich: profoundly slow activity in the absence of medication, very excited and often convulsive activity with overarousal on medication, and between these, so to speak, a very attenuated, narrow band, showing relatively normal activities between the abnormals.

    1973, Oliver Sacks, Awakenings

Synonyms & antonyms

Opposite
underarousal

Origin

From over- + arousal.

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APA

overarousal. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/overarousal

MLA

“overarousal.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/overarousal. Accessed November 3, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “overarousal,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/overarousal.

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