📖 Definitions of "Overact"
verb
- 1
To act in an exaggerated manner.
"He overacted his part."
- 2
To act upon, or influence, unduly.
🔄 Synonyms of "Overact"
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💡 Words with a Similar Meaning to "Overact"
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| Word | Definition |
|---|---|
| overplayverb | (ambitransitive, acting) To overdo or overact one's effect or role. |
| hamverb | (acting) To overact; to act with exaggerated emotions. |
| exaggerateverb | To overstate, to describe more than the fact. |
| overstateverb | (transitive) To exaggerate; to state or claim to a greater degree than reality. |
| emoteverb | (intransitive) To display (excessive) emotion, especially while acting. |
| overdramatizeverb | To dramatize to excess; to make overdramatic. |
| overexaggerateverb | To exaggerate, to overstate excessively. |
| overreactverb | To react too much or too intensely. |
| hyperexaggerateverb | To exaggerate to an extreme degree. |
| drama queennoun | (idiomatic, informal, derogatory) An overly or exaggeratedly dramatic person, especially a woman or a girl. |
| overactivateverb | To activate excessively |
| overdramatiseverb | (British spelling) Alternative spelling of overdramatize. [To dramatize to excess; to make overdramatic.] |
| overagitateverb | To agitate excessively. |
| overplay one's handverb | (figurative, by extension) To act too boldly due to overestimating one's advantage. |
| blow out of proportionverb | (transitive, idiomatic) To overreact to or overstate; to treat too seriously or be overly concerned with. |
| overaccentuateverb | To accentuate too much. |
| overanimateverb | (transitive) To animate excessively. |
| overdirect | To provide too much direction, to be too controlling. |
| overgestureverb | To gesture excessively. |
| overrespondverb | (intransitive) To respond excessively. |
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