All hyper synonyms
hyΒ·per
H h adj hyper
- pronounced β strongly marked: a pronounced fishy taste.
- terrible β distressing; severe: a terrible winter.
- bundle of nerves β a very nervous person
- vicious β addicted to or characterized by vice; grossly immoral; depraved; profligate: a vicious life.
- in a stew β agitated, flustered
- hopped up β excited; enthusiastic; exuberant, especially overexuberant.
- unconsolable β to alleviate or lessen the grief, sorrow, or disappointment of; give solace or comfort: Only his children could console him when his wife died.
- on the make β to bring into existence by shaping or changing material, combining parts, etc.: to make a dress; to make a channel; to make a work of art.
- up the wall β any of various permanent upright constructions having a length much greater than the thickness and presenting a continuous surface except where pierced by doors, windows, etc.: used for shelter, protection, or privacy, or to subdivide interior space, to support floors, roofs, or the like, to retain earth, to fence in an area, etc.
- high-strung β at great tension; highly excitable or nervous; edgy: high-strung nerves; a high-strung person.
- hysterical β of, relating to, or characterized by hysteria.
- jerky β characterized by jerks or sudden starts; spasmodic.
- panic-stricken β overcome with, characterized by, or resulting from fear, panic, or the like: panic-stricken parents looking for their child; a panic-stricken phone call.
- on edge β a line or border at which a surface terminates: Grass grew along the edges of the road. The paper had deckle edges.
- weariless β unwearying; tireless: a weariless vigil.
- restive β impatient of control, restraint, or delay, as persons; restless; uneasy.
- spooky β like or befitting a spook or ghost; suggestive of spooks.
- twitchy β twitching or tending to twitch.
- nervous wreck β sb anxious
- on pins and needles β a tingly, prickly sensation in a limb that is recovering from numbness.
- unrestful β giving or conducive to rest.
- berserk β Berserk means crazy and out of control.
- beside oneself β If you are beside yourself with anger or excitement, you are extremely angry or excited.
- crazy β If you describe someone or something as crazy, you think they are very foolish or strange.
- deranged β Someone who is deranged behaves in a wild and uncontrolled way, often as a result of mental illness.
- fraught β Archaic. filled or laden (with): ships fraught with precious wares.
- hot and bothered β having or giving off heat; having a high temperature: a hot fire; hot coffee.
- hot under the collar β the part of a shirt, coat, dress, blouse, etc., that encompasses the neckline of the garment and is sewn permanently to it, often so as to fold or roll over.
- insane β not sane; not of sound mind; mentally deranged.
- out of control β wild, unrestrained
- rabid β irrationally extreme in opinion or practice: a rabid isolationist; a rabid baseball fan.
- raging β angry fury; violent anger (sometimes used in combination): a speech full of rage; incidents of road rage.
- raving β extravagantly flattering or enthusiastic: rave reviews of a new play.
- violent β acting with or characterized by uncontrolled, strong, rough force: a violent earthquake.
- wild β living in a state of nature; not tamed or domesticated: a wild animal; wild geese.
- corybantic β frenzied; agitated; unrestrained.
- unzipped β uncoded (def 2).
- weirded out β simple past tense and past participle of weird out.
- wigged out β an artificial covering of hair for all or most of the head, of either synthetic or natural hair, worn to be stylish or more attractive.
- worked up β of, for, or concerning work: work clothes.
- demented β Someone who is demented has a severe mental illness, especially Alzheimer's disease.
- fanatical β motivated or characterized by an extreme, uncritical enthusiasm or zeal, as in religion or politics.
- unbalanced β not balanced or not properly balanced.
- in a lather β overexcited
- phrenetic β frenetic.
- uncontrollable β incapable of being controlled or restrained: uncontrollable anger.
- overactive β exceptionally or excessively active; too active.
adv hyper
- skittish β apt to start or shy: a skittish horse.
- nail-biting β the act or practice of biting one's fingernails, especially as the result of anxiety or nervousness.