overexcites

Agitates beyond calm

Overexcites means to stimulate too much or beyond a healthy degree.

The word usually describes excessive emotional or nervous arousal: The violent video games overexcites him.

Children become overexcited at birthday parties; dogs get overexcited when guests arrive.

The past participle overexcited works as an adjective: an overexcited toddler.

overstimulation

overwhelms

Conquers by superior force

inundates · frenzies · overstimulates · saturates · floods · swamps · engulfs · deluges · besieges · overburdens

hyperactivity

energizes

Infuses with vigor

restlessness · jitteriness · antsiness · bounciness · squirminess · hyperkinetic · rambunctious · frenetic · manic · hyper

emotional

thrills

Intense pleasurable excitements

impassions · fervor · frenzy · mania · euphoria · rapture · exhilaration · giddiness · hysteria · delirium

anxiety

unnerves

Causes loss of confidence

alarms · agitation · nervousness · jitters · edginess · unease · apprehension · tension · trepidation · worry

Opposites
arousal level

overexcitescalms

Reduces agitation

soothes · sedates · tranquilizes · relaxes · pacifies

degree of stimulation

overexcitesbores

Drills or tires

understimulates · underwhelms · disengages · puts to sleep

Family

overexcited, overexcite, overexcitable, overexcitement, overexciting

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