as in heated
being in a state of increased activity or agitation
the boy manages to panic himself by his own overactive imagination
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Recent Examples of overactive
Magnesium glycinate may help relieve migraine pain and reduce migraine frequency by relaxing blood vessels, reducing inflammation, and calming overactive nerve signals contributing to pain.
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Lindsay Curtis, Verywell Health, 9 Jan. 2025
Biologics slow or stop inflammation and target the overactive part of the immune system that causes psoriasis.
—Laura Schober, Health, 4 Jan. 2025
Eczema and Psoriasis Eczema and psoriasis are chronic skin conditions that cause skin redness, irritation, and itch due to abnormal or overactive immune responses.58
Both eczema and psoriasis can cause dry patches of skin throughout the body, including on the feet.
—Francisco J. Rivera Rosario, Health, 22 Dec. 2024
What scientists do know is this: As in many autoimmune diseases, B cells become overactive and release autoantibodies, proteins that attack healthy tissue or recruit T cells to do their dirty work.
—Byjennifer Couzin-Frankel, science.org, 14 Nov. 2024
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Lindsay Curtis, Verywell Health, 9 Jan. 2025
Biologics slow or stop inflammation and target the overactive part of the immune system that causes psoriasis.
—Laura Schober, Health, 4 Jan. 2025
Eczema and Psoriasis Eczema and psoriasis are chronic skin conditions that cause skin redness, irritation, and itch due to abnormal or overactive immune responses.58
Both eczema and psoriasis can cause dry patches of skin throughout the body, including on the feet.
—Francisco J. Rivera Rosario, Health, 22 Dec. 2024
What scientists do know is this: As in many autoimmune diseases, B cells become overactive and release autoantibodies, proteins that attack healthy tissue or recruit T cells to do their dirty work.
—Byjennifer Couzin-Frankel, science.org, 14 Nov. 2024
See all Example Sentences for overactive
Recent Examples of Synonyms for overactive
Adjective
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Each offer multiple dining options, robust spa services, and heated pools.—
Brad Japhe,
Travel + Leisure,
22 Jan. 2025
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Outdoors, a heated in-ground swimming pool, a lounge area, and a barbecue station are positioned around a landscaped lot that’s just shy of an acre.—
Abby Montanez,
Robb Report,
22 Jan. 2025
Adjective
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If the big names in the Big Easy aren’t reason enough to get excited for Super Bowl LIX, there is no shortage of storylines that make this year’s championship bout between the Kansas City Chiefs and Philadelphia Eagles especially compelling.—
Peter Sblendorio,
New York Daily News,
27 Jan. 2025
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Nervous, yet excited, the 25-year-old filmed the reaction of the two most important men in her life, her dad and her boyfriend.—
Joel Thayer,
Newsweek,
27 Jan. 2025
Adjective
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The climax is a horrendous German burning of a village, as striking for its visual imagery as for its agitated music.—
Mark Swed,
Los Angeles Times,
22 Jan. 2025
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The inaugural film in The Conjuring franchise understands that seasoned viewers of haunted-house films know what signs to look for by now: cold spots, agitated pets, clocks that stop ticking.—
Gayle Sequeira,
Vulture,
20 Jan. 2025
Adjective
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The exposure made generations of Americans more depressed, anxious, inattentive or hyperactive, the study says.—
Elizabeth Chuck,
NBC News,
4 Dec. 2024
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Certain moments of unabashed emotion where the music swells feel attuned to the vivid realism of cinematographer Santiago Gonzalez’s hyperactive camera.—
Carlos Aguilar,
Variety,
20 Dec. 2024
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“Overactive.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/overactive. Accessed 5 Feb. 2025.
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