hyperexcitement

Excessive emotional arousal

Hyperexcitement is excitement taken to an extreme—an elevated, almost frenzied state of enthusiasm or agitation.

The prefix hyper- intensifies beyond ordinary excitement: The kids were in a state of hyperexcitement before the party.

Often describes children, fans, or animals worked up past the point of calm behavior.

obsession

mania

Intense, consuming obsession

  • fixationPersistent mental attachment
  • crazeShort-lived popular obsession
  • feverElevated body temperature

fanaticism · infatuation · preoccupation · compulsion · single-mindedness · hyperfocus · all-consuming · tunnel vision · zealotry · fervor

agitation

frenzy

Violent mental agitation

fidgeting · pacing · trembling · racing thoughts · nervousness · edginess · wound up · keyed up · wired · amped

euphoria

elation

Intense triumphant joy

jubilation · bliss · thrill · delight · glee · joy · exultation · intoxication · rush · high

Opposites
emotional/physiological arousal level

hyperexcitementcalm

Free from agitation

tranquility · composure · serenity · placidity · sedation

mental/behavioral agitation

hyperexcitementcalmness

Peaceful mental state

peace · quietude · collectedness · repose · stillness

Family

excite, excitement, excitable, excitation, overstimulation, overstimulate, overexcitable, overexcitement, hyperexcited

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