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overrate |
overrating |
overreach |
overreacher |
overreaching |
overreact
| overreaction
| overread
| overready
| overreckon
| overreckoning
overreact
WORDNET DICTIONARY
Verb overreact has 1 sense
- overreact(v = verb.cognition) Array - show an exaggerated response to something; "Don't overreact to the bad news--take it easy" is one way to react, respond
Derived form noun overreaction1
Sample sentences:
Somebody ----s
Something ----s to somebody
Somebody ----s PP
OXFORD DICTIONARY
overreact, v.intr. respond more forcibly etc. than is justified.
Derivative
overreaction n.
THESAURUS
overreact
aggrandize, amplify, ballyhoo, build up, burlesque, caricature, carry too far, draw the longbow, exaggerate, exhaust, go overboard, go to extremes, go too far, hyperbolize, idealize, know no bounds, lay it on, magnify, make much of, overact, overappraise, overassess, overcalculate, overcarry, overcharge, overcount, overdevelop, overdo, overdraw, overdrive, overelaborate, overemphasize, overesteem, overestimate, overexercise, overexert, overexpend, overindulge, overlabor, overmeasure, overplay, overpraise, overprize, overrate, overreach, overreact to, overreckon, oversell, overspeak, overspend, overstate, overstrain, overstress, overstudy, overtask, overtax, overtrain, overuse, overvalue, overwork, pass all bounds, pile it on, protest too much, puff, stretch, stretch the truth, talk big, talk in superlatives, tout, travesty
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