overexcited

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adjective

Excessively excited

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excited
OriginEnglish excited ← Middle English over- ← Old English ofer- →
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Meanings

overexcited1

adjectiveoverexcited (comparative more overexcited, superlative most overexcited)

comparative more overexcited · superlative most overexcited

  1. Excessively excited

overexcited2

verb
  1. participlepastsimple past and past participle of overexcite

Synonyms & antonyms

adjectiveunduly excited

Similar
excited

Synonym sets from Open English WordNet, CC BY 4.0.

Origin

overexcited · adjective

  1. Proto-Indo-European*úp
  2. Proto-Indo-European*upér
  3. Proto-Germanic*uber
  4. Old Englishofer-
  5. Middle Englishover-
  6. Englishover-
  7. Englishexcited
  8. Englishoverexcited

From over- + excited.

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overexcited · verb

  1. Proto-Indo-European*úp
  2. Proto-Indo-European*upér
  3. Proto-Germanic*uber
  4. Old Englishofer-
  5. Middle Englishover-
  6. Englishover-
  7. Englishexcite
  8. Englishoverexcite
  9. Englishoverexcited

From overexcite + -ed.

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APA

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

MLA

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

Chicago

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

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