overexcitement
- noun
- /ˌoʊvərɪkˈsaɪtmənt/
- During the birthday party, the children's overexcitement made it hard for them to sit still and listen to the story.
Examples
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The usual explanations are those of overexcitement and overtiredness.
Academic text (1991) -
Now, Sir Wilfrid, in the courtroom, you must avoid overexcitement.
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The overexcitement he felt after receiving the good news made him unable to focus on anything else.
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Her overexcitement about the upcoming trip was evident as she couldn't stop talking about it.
Synonyms
A feeling of very great joy and excitement
A strong feeling of happiness and nervous energy
The act of trying too hard and causing problems
A state when someone gets too much noise, light, or activity and cannot focus
A strong feeling of joy and energy that makes you unable to sit still
A strong desire to act that is too much and causes problems
A strong feeling of worry that makes people act very quickly
A strong, often overwhelming sensitivity to feelings, sounds, or events
A state when nerves, muscles, or behaviour react too much
A tendency to become lively or eager quickly
Too much excitement about something that causes problems
Too much enthusiasm that causes problems
Antonyms
How Excited
Surface Forms
Morphology
overexcitement = excitement (transparent) = over + excite + ment
The meaning is directly derived from 'excitement' with the intensifying prefix 'over-' meaning 'too much', so learners who know 'excitement' and 'over-' can predict the sense.
Etymology
The word overexcitement starts with over-, which means 'too much', and the rest is excite, meaning 'to make excited'. So overexcitement means having too much excitement, like a cup that overflows and makes it hard to stay calm.