Meaning & use
excessively excited
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Meaning
adjectivenot comparable
Feeling much more excitement than is usual or reasonable.
Grammar: Used after linking verbs like be, seem, get: She was excessively excited.
Patterns
- be excessively excited about something
- get excessively excited over something
- seem excessively excited
The children were excessively excited about the trip and couldn't sleep.
He gets excessively excited over small victories.
She seemed excessively excited, which made me suspicious.
Common combinations
- excessively excited about
- They were excessively excited about the concert.
- excessively excited over
- Don't get excessively excited over a single good result.
- excessively excited by
- The fans were excessively excited by the team's win.
Synonyms and how they differ
- overexcited
- Overexcited is more common and often suggests wild behavior; excessively excited is more formal and neutral.
- hyper
- Hyper is informal and means very energetic; excessively excited focuses on too much excitement.
Opposites
Word family
- excessive adjective
- More than is necessary or normal.
- excessively adverb
- In a way that is too much.
- excitement noun
- The feeling of being excited.
Commonly confused: excessively excited or very excited?
excessively excited vs very excited
Very excited is positive and means a lot of excitement; excessively excited suggests it is too much and may be a problem.
Practice
The puppy was ______ excited, jumping on everyone at the party.
Choose one answer.
The adverb 'excessively' modifies the adjective 'excited'. 'Excessive' is an adjective and cannot modify another adjective; 'excess' is a noun; 'excessing' is not a word.
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