Meaning of OVERACT
| Pronunciation: | | `owvur'akt
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| | Definition: | | [v] exaggerate one's acting |
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| | Synonyms: | | ham, overplay |
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| | Antonyms: | | underact, underplay | | |
| | See Also: | | act, play, playact, roleplay | |
| Webster's 1913 Dictionary |
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\O`ver*act"\, v. t.
1. To act or perform to excess; to exaggerate in acting; as,
he overacted his part.
2. To act upon, or influence, unduly. [Obs.]
The hope of inheritance overacts them. --Milton.
\O`ver*act"\, v. i.
To act more than is necessary; to go to excess in action.
--B. Jonson.
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| | Related Terms: | | act a part, affect, assume, carry too far, counterfeit, declaim, do a bit, dramatize, exaggerate, exhaust, fake, feign, go overboard, go to extremes, go too far, grimace, ham, ham it up, histrionize, know no bounds, make out like, mug, out-herod Herod, overcarry, overdevelop, overdo, overdramatize, overdrive, overelaborate, overemphasize, overexercise, overexert, overexpend, overindulge, overlabor, overplay, overreact, overspend, overstrain, overstress, overstudy, overtask, overtax, overtrain, overuse, overwork, pass all bounds, play, play a part, play a scene, playact, pretend, protest too much, put on, put on airs, rant, roar, sham, simulate, spout, throw away, tug the heartstrings, underact, wear |
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