overact
verb (used with or without object)
to act in an exaggerated manner.
overacted
Example Sentences
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He overacted, but these are old songs whose sentiments can use some help.
From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 24, 2021
Or perhaps you will come to feel that you’ve overacted and yet still want to involve the school to prevent further issues.
From Slate ● Aug. 7, 2019
“Some of it is overacted, when they’re normally more subtle. But I want to know what happens next and the main thing is it’s got subtitles.”
From New York Times ● Dec. 27, 2018
But the transformation is so sudden — and, frankly, badly overacted by Guthrie, who seems to have forgotten that he’s playing a single human being, not two — that the tragedy rings hollow.
From Washington Post ● May 19, 2016
He overacted the part, but it was convincing enough for the scriv accompanying me.
From "The Name of the Wind" by Patrick Rothfuss
