is overacting
- present progressive of overact (3rd person singular).
Example Sentences
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The performers give it their all, but their animation is overacting — amateurish, with a comedy that is only sometimes intentional — and it keeps spoiling the more kinetically convincing sections of choreography.
From New York Times ● May 22, 2015
In the theater, there is overacting, which is common and painful to watch.
From New York Times ● Mar. 15, 2015
And while I suppose we should be grateful that no one is overacting here, “Fire” might benefit from a little more scenery chewing.
From New York Times ● May 1, 2012
Maybe Bridges is overacting to compensate for his co-star's nonacting, but, in this case, discretion clearly would have been the better part of valor.
From Time Magazine Archive
