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Overreact

/ˌəʊvəɹiˈækt/

To react too much or too intensely.

📖 Definitions of "Overreact"

verb

1
To react too much or too intensely.
"Please try not to overreact if she drives badly when she is first learning."

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Word	Definition
exaggerateverb	To overstate, to describe more than the fact.
blow out of proportionverb	(transitive, idiomatic) To overreact to or overstate; to treat too seriously or be overly concerned with.
overrespondverb	(intransitive) To respond excessively.
hyperreactnoun	Synonym of overreact.
overemotionalizeverb	(transitive) To make too emotional.
overagitateverb	To agitate excessively.
overfeelverb	To feel excessively or to too great an extent.
overactverb	(chiefly acting) To act in an exaggerated manner.
overdoverb	(transitive) To do too much; to exceed what is proper or true in doing; to carry too far.
overactivateverb	To activate excessively
overexaggerateverb	To exaggerate, to overstate excessively.
overadjustverb	(transitive) To adjust excessively or too precisely.
overprovokeverb	To provoke excessively.
hyperexaggerateverb	To exaggerate to an extreme degree.
oversensationalizeverb	(transitive) To sensationalize too much.
overadaptverb	(ambitransitive) To adapt excessively.
go overboardverb	(intransitive, idiomatic) To go too far; to exceed reasonable bounds.
overplayverb	(ambitransitive, acting) To overdo or overact one's effect or role.
overdramatizeverb	To dramatize to excess; to make overdramatic.
overanalyzeverb	(transitive) To analyze too much or in too much detail.

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