Meaning & use
overexcitement
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Meanings
noununcountable
A state of being too excited, often in a way that is difficult to control.
Grammar: No plural and no article: Overexcitement can be a problem. Not 'an overexcitement'.
Patterns
- a lot of overexcitement
- too much overexcitement
- overexcitement about something
The children's overexcitement before the trip made it hard for them to sleep.
There was a lot of overexcitement in the crowd when the band appeared.
Her overexcitement about the results led her to check her email every minute.
noununcountabletechnical
In psychology, an unusually strong response to stimuli, sometimes linked to giftedness.
Grammar: Used in technical contexts, often with words like emotional, intellectual, or psychomotor.
Patterns
- emotional overexcitement
- intellectual overexcitement
- psychomotor overexcitement
The psychologist assessed the child for signs of emotional overexcitement.
Overexcitement can be a characteristic of gifted individuals.
Common combinations
- a lot of overexcitement
- There was a lot of overexcitement when the team won.
- too much overexcitement
- Too much overexcitement can lead to mistakes.
- overexcitement about
- His overexcitement about the new game was obvious.
- emotional overexcitement
- Emotional overexcitement is one of the five forms in the theory.
Synonyms and how they differ
- excitement
- The neutral word; overexcitement adds the idea of too much or uncontrollable excitement.
- agitation
- Suggests nervous restlessness rather than positive excitement.
- frenzy
- A more intense and often wild state, usually short-lived.
Opposites
Word family
- excite verb
- To make someone feel eager or enthusiastic.
- excitement noun
- The feeling of being excited.
- overexcited adjective
- Too excited, often in a way that is hard to control.
Commonly confused: overexcitement or overexertion?
overexcitement vs overexertion
Overexertion is putting too much physical or mental effort into something, while overexcitement is about feeling too excited.
Practice
Which sentence uses 'overexcitement' correctly?
Choose one answer.
Overexcitement is an uncountable noun, so it can be used with 'the' or no article, as in option 0. Option 1 is wrong because 'an' cannot be used with an uncountable noun, option 2 uses it as a verb, and option 3 uses it as an adjective.
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