Definition of Overstimulating

1. Verb. (present participle of overstimulate) ¹

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Definition of Overstimulating

1. overstimulate [v] - See also: overstimulate

Lexicographical Neighbors of Overstimulating

overstayed
overstaying
overstays
oversteepened
oversteer
oversteered
oversteering
oversteers
overstep
overstepped
overstepping
oversteps
overstimulate
overstimulated
overstimulates
overstimulating (current term)
overstimulation
overstir
overstirred
overstirring
overstirs
overstitch
overstock
overstocked
overstocking
overstocks
overstore
overstored
overstores
overstorey

Literary usage of Overstimulating

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. Psychology, General Introduction by Charles Hubbard Judd (1917)
"There is, indeed, in every animal a strong tendency to run away from everything that is strange or large or overstimulating. So delicately is the nervous ..."

2. The Social Welfare Forum: Official Proceedings [of The] Annual Meeting by Conference of Charities and Correction (U.S.), National Conference on Social Welfare, American Social Science Association, National Conference of Social Work (U.S.) (1886)
"We have a phrase that it is intended for " the harmonious development of the whole child," and that would imply that there is no overstimulating. ..."

3. The management of innovation by Tom Burns (1885)
"... so long as indicated, taking care not to overdo, for a current too strong or prolonged works mischief, overstimulating and exhausting to the extent, ..."

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