Stimulate physiologically or mentally to an excessive degree.
‘hot water overstimulates the sebaceous glands’
‘It can also produce a rare condition called ovarian hyperstimulation syndrome, in which the ovary is overstimulated and produces an excess of the hormone oestrogen.’
‘Do not overstimulate your baby with too much activity at bedtime because he will not want to stop the fun and go to sleep.’
‘Madison is much like me in that she is easily overstimulated.’
‘Not only are we externally overstimulated, but our organs are overstimulated by eating too much.’
‘During puberty, levels of progesterone and, possibly, estrogen overstimulate blood circulation to the gums, making them sore and swollen.’
‘Today, however, our imaginations are stimulated, possibly overstimulated, by dystopic images and scenarios.’
‘With inflation exceptionally low and recovery still not assured, the risk of overstimulating the economy is minimal.’
‘Of course you run the risk of overstimulating your children by telling bedtime stories.’
‘In this era of communication, when information input channels are notoriously overloaded and people are overstimulated, the possibility of a new communication channel has created a sensation.’
‘Dog's can't calmly explain that they're in a bad mood or don't feel well or are overstimulated and need some peace.’
‘Sometimes he prefers being in a carrier rather than just held in my arms, especially when he is overstimulated and tired.’
‘You're overstimulated and working up some emotional agitation, just when you could be starting something excellent.’
‘The most adventurous imaginations were overstimulated by what they saw.’
‘Many people only use heat, but over a long time it can overstimulate muscles.’
‘For mothers who tend to overstimulate their infants, slowing techniques are taught - one method is to ask the mother to imitate everything the infant does.’
‘Well, I think, Larry, you know, at this point in the economic cycle, you can't overstimulate the economy.’
‘Although designed to lethally overstimulate a bug's nerves, these chemicals can attack the human nervous system as well.’
‘That misleading signal might cue the body to slow metabolism, increase fat deposition, and overstimulate appetite.’
‘Fluorescent lights and bright colors overstimulate their brains.’
‘If you overstimulate your senses, your brain thinks it is helping you out by resetting normal at that higher level.’
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