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overact
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Word definitions for overact in dictionaries
Douglas Harper's Etymology Dictionary
Word definitions in Douglas Harper's Etymology Dictionary
1610s, "to go too far in action," from over- + act (v.). Meaning "to play a part with too much emphasis, to chew the scenery" is from 1630s. Related: Overacted ; overacting .
Usage examples of overact.
So he overacted wildly, still in pompous, boomy, Shakespearean mode from his audition the day before.
She remembered the many hints she had given her niece concerning her being in love, and imagined the young lady had taken this way to rally her out of her opinion, by an overacted civility: a notion that was greatly corroborated by the excessive gaiety with which the whole was accompanied.
The hero had so overacted his part it had been embarrassing, and Roland acting the master of the house for the first time had been equally so.
Larkin that his gallant friend was a little overacting, and showing perhaps less interest in the discovery than was strictly natural.
Movies started as silent films, so to convey emotions the actors overacted, and someone played a piano along with each reel.