overexcited

«overexcited» in Mova's school dictionary: So excited that you cannot stay calm and may become… — its meaning for a pupil, its sense in the lessons and examples, with 1 sentence of Mova's corpora that use it.

part of speech

adjective (overexcited)

meaning for a pupil

1) So excited that you cannot stay calm and may become silly, loud or wild. tree →

2) Too excited about something, more than makes sense. tree →

sense in the lessons

In everyday life parents and teachers say children are overexcited before birthdays, holidays or snow days. In stories it shows a character losing control because of joy. Phrases: get overexcited, don't get overexcited.

examples

• The puppy got overexcited and knocked over the cups. tree →
• The kids were overexcited on the last day of term. tree →
• Don't get overexcited; it might not snow tomorrow. tree →
• He was so overexcited he couldn't sleep. tree →
• Overexcited fans ran onto the pitch. tree →
• Calm down, you're getting overexcited. tree →

note

Over- means too much. Written as one word. Similar: hyper (informal), wound up. Opposite: calm.

In the corpora

• "Overexcited" said about a child often means out of control.

Trees and pragmatics

Every meaning and example of «overexcited» parsed by Mova, each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.