Meaning

2 senses

  1. (intransitive)To act in an exaggerated manner.

    He overacted his part.

    übertrieben spielen, übertreiben

    переигрыватьpereigryvatʹ

  2. (obsolete, transitive)To act upon, or influence, unduly.

More definitions
  • exaggerate one's acting

Examples

3 sentences

  1. Michael was the king of overacting.

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  2. Ziri is overacting too much to be cast in a real movie.

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  3. Gilligan's Island is just way too overacted.

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Translations

6 languages
Русский
By meaning 1
act in an exaggerated manner:
Deutsch
By meaning 1
act in an exaggerated manner:

Forms

overacts, overacting, overacted, overacted
Base formoveract · to overact
3rd person singularoveracts
Present participleoveracting
Past simpleoveracted
Past participleoveracted

regular · Lesson

Present simpleLesson

I, you, we, theyoveract
he, she, itoveracts

Past simpleLesson

all personsoveracted

Present perfectLesson

I, you, we, theyhave overacted
he, she, ithas overacted

Future simple (will)Lesson

all personswill overact

Synonyms

6 synonyms
hamA2chew the sceneryham it upmelodramatizetear a cat
Close in meaning

Antonyms

1 antonyms
underact

Word family

2 related words
Relatedoveracting
Derivedoveractor

Lessons for this word

3 lessons

See also

neighbours in the dictionary
overA1overactiveoverallB2
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