overact
Americanverb (used with or without object)
verb
Other Word Forms
- overaction noun
Etymology
Origin of overact
Example Sentences
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Still, Freeman is the only performer here who doesn’t overact.
From Washington Post • Mar. 22, 2023
“My reaction is not to overact but I didn’t like it,” Del Rio said.
From Washington Times • Aug. 17, 2022
No need to project, let alone overact, here; I heard him as clearly as if he were sitting next to me.
From New York Times • Jul. 23, 2022
And so that is why in the theater, the actors tend to be very exaggerated or overact.
From Los Angeles Times • Dec. 20, 2021
He loved to exaggerate, to act and overact the momentary part, to exercise his lungs and muscles, and to speak and laugh with his whole body.
From The Works of Robert Louis Stevenson - Swanston Edition Vol. 18 (of 25) by Stevenson, Robert Louis
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