overact
verb (used with or without object)
to act in an exaggerated manner.
overacts
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present tense formof overact (3rd person singular).present tense
Used to describe things happening now or regularly.
Example Sentences
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Soo overacts and injects emotion despite acknowledging, in a more recent video, that “most of the time” the witness did “not convey a lot of emotions.”
From Slate ● Jun. 10, 2025
The film suggests Moose is on the autism spectrum, but Travolta overacts at every opportunity, magnifying every emotion and gesture, such as Moose's penchant to rock back and forth.
From Salon ● Aug. 28, 2019
He is also someone who overthinks, overacts and overshares.
From The Guardian ● Jun. 8, 2015
Regarding the cast, Puig says that Ray Liotta "overacts" in his role as Ryan's stern preacher father and Ashley Judd "dully plays" his mother, while the narration is "heavy-handed" and "clunky."
From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 5, 2014
He overacts the office of an interpreter," I cite again from Howell, "who doth enslave himself too strictly to words or phrases.
From Divine Comedy, Norton's Translation, Hell by Charles Eliot Norton
