overemphasis
noun
excessive or undue emphasis.
overemphatic
-
a word derived from
overemphasis.
Example Sentences
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But it turns out this piece could use a bit more dazzle; Aimard’s earnest reading ended up feeling overemphatic and heavy.
From Washington Post ● Feb. 14, 2019
He has a slight speech impediment and an overemphatic manner of inflection that are rendered all the more conspicuous by the dentist’s-drill whine of his voice.
From The New Yorker ● Apr. 17, 2017
But however suspensefully the score groans and cries, the emotional stakes dwindle with each overemphatic narrative curve.
From Los Angeles Times ● Dec. 8, 2016
One twist of a melodic inflection, one overemphatic orchestral stab, and those carefully constructed verbal nuances have been obliterated.
From The Guardian ● Jun. 28, 2013
This might have seemed overemphatic to an unprejudiced outsider.
From Poor, Dear Margaret Kirby by Kathleen Thompson Norris
