"overact" meaning in English

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Verb

IPA: /ˌəʊvəɹˈækt/ Audio: LL-Q1860 (eng)-Vealhurl-overact.wav Forms: overacts [present, singular, third-person], overacting [participle, present], overacted [participle, past], overacted [past]
Etymology: From over- + act. Etymology templates: {{prefix|en|over|act}} over- + act Head templates: {{en-verb}} overact (third-person singular simple present overacts, present participle overacting, simple past and past participle overacted)
  1. (acting) To act in an exaggerated manner. Categories (topical): Acting Translations (act in an exaggerated manner): преигравам (preigravam) (Bulgarian), overacteren (Dutch), ylinäytellä (Finnish), übertrieben spielen (German), übertreiben (German), eltúloz (Hungarian), túljátszik (Hungarian), lajak tingkah (Indonesian), laku lajak (Indonesian), gigioneggiare (Italian), exagerar (Portuguese), переигрывать (pereigryvatʹ) (Russian)
    Sense id: en-overact-en-verb-lJ0U7sJD Topics: acting, broadcasting, entertainment, film, lifestyle, media, television, theater Disambiguation of 'act in an exaggerated manner': 95 5
  2. (obsolete, transitive) To act upon, or influence, unduly. Tags: obsolete, transitive
    Sense id: en-overact-en-verb-wW9gkfLd Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, English terms prefixed with over-, Entries with translation boxes, Pages with 1 entry, Pages with entries, Terms with Bulgarian translations, Terms with Dutch translations, Terms with Finnish translations, Terms with German translations, Terms with Hungarian translations, Terms with Indonesian translations, Terms with Italian translations, Terms with Portuguese translations, Terms with Russian translations Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 5 95 Disambiguation of English terms prefixed with over-: 26 74 Disambiguation of Entries with translation boxes: 8 92 Disambiguation of Pages with 1 entry: 9 91 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 4 96 Disambiguation of Terms with Bulgarian translations: 14 86 Disambiguation of Terms with Dutch translations: 13 87 Disambiguation of Terms with Finnish translations: 10 90 Disambiguation of Terms with German translations: 11 89 Disambiguation of Terms with Hungarian translations: 9 91 Disambiguation of Terms with Indonesian translations: 10 90 Disambiguation of Terms with Italian translations: 9 91 Disambiguation of Terms with Portuguese translations: 9 91 Disambiguation of Terms with Russian translations: 9 91
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Synonyms: chew the scenery, ham, ham it up, melodramatize, tear a cat Derived forms: overactor

Inflected forms

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