"overreact" meaning in English

See overreact in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Verb

IPA: /ˌoʊ.vəɹ.ɹiˈækt/ [General-American], /ˌəʊvəɹiˈækt/ [Received-Pronunciation] Audio: en-us-overreact.ogg [US] Forms: overreacts [present, singular, third-person], overreacting [participle, present], overreacted [participle, past], overreacted [past]
enPR: ō'vər-rē-ăktʹ Etymology: Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *úp Proto-Indo-European *-er Proto-Indo-European *upér Proto-Germanic *uber Old English ofer- Middle English over- English over- Proto-Italic *wre- Latin re-der. Old French re-bor. Middle English re- English re- Proto-Indo-European *h₂eǵ- Proto-Indo-European *-eti Proto-Indo-European *h₂éǵeti Proto-Italic *agō Latin agō Proto-Indo-European *-tós Proto-Italic *-tos Latin -tus Latin āctus Latin ācta Old French actbor. Middle English acte English act English react English overreact From over- + react. Etymology templates: {{ety|en|:af|over-|react|text=+|tree=1}} Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *úp Proto-Indo-European *-er Proto-Indo-European *upér Proto-Germanic *uber Old English ofer- Middle English over- English over- Proto-Italic *wre- Latin re-der. Old French re-bor. 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  1. To react too much or too intensely. Derived forms: overreaction, overreactor Translations (react too much or too intensely): ثور بصورة مبالغة (thawr bisurat mubalagha) (Arabic), չափից դուրս արձագանքել (čʻapʻicʻ durs arjagankʻel) (Armenian), 反應過度 /反应过度 (fǎnyìng guòdù) (Chinese Mandarin), tro reagi (Esperanto), reagoida liioitellusti (Finnish), ylireagoida (Finnish), tehdä ylilyönti (Finnish), s'emporter (French), surréagir (French), exagérer (French), ზედმეტად რეაქტიული (zedmeṭad reakṭiuli) (Georgian), überreagieren (German), αντιδράσω υπερβολικά (antidráso ypervoliká) (Greek), túlreagál (Hungarian), reagire troppo (Italian), 過剰反応する (kajō hannō suru) (Japanese), ដើម្បីធ្វើឱ្យហួសកំរិត (daembi thveu aoy huosa kamrit) (Khmer), 과잉 반응하다 (gwaing ban-eunghada) (Korean), overreagere (Norwegian), reagir demais (Portuguese), reacționa exagerat (Romanian), слишком остро реагировать (sliškom ostro reagirovatʹ) (Russian), sobrerreaccionar (Spanish), reaccionar exageradamente / hiperbólicamente (Spanish), แสดงออก (S̄ædngxxk) (Thai), phản ứng thái quá (Vietnamese)

Inflected forms

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      "code": "fr",
      "lang": "French",
      "lang_code": "fr",
      "sense": "react too much or too intensely",
      "word": "surréagir"
    },
    {
      "code": "fr",
      "lang": "French",
      "lang_code": "fr",
      "sense": "react too much or too intensely",
      "word": "exagérer"
    },
    {
      "code": "ka",
      "lang": "Georgian",
      "lang_code": "ka",
      "roman": "zedmeṭad reakṭiuli",
      "sense": "react too much or too intensely",
      "word": "ზედმეტად რეაქტიული"
    },
    {
      "code": "de",
      "lang": "German",
      "lang_code": "de",
      "sense": "react too much or too intensely",
      "word": "überreagieren"
    },
    {
      "code": "el",
      "lang": "Greek",
      "lang_code": "el",
      "roman": "antidráso ypervoliká",
      "sense": "react too much or too intensely",
      "word": "αντιδράσω υπερβολικά"
    },
    {
      "code": "hu",
      "lang": "Hungarian",
      "lang_code": "hu",
      "sense": "react too much or too intensely",
      "word": "túlreagál"
    },
    {
      "code": "it",
      "lang": "Italian",
      "lang_code": "it",
      "sense": "react too much or too intensely",
      "word": "reagire troppo"
    },
    {
      "code": "ja",
      "lang": "Japanese",
      "lang_code": "ja",
      "roman": "kajō hannō suru",
      "sense": "react too much or too intensely",
      "word": "過剰反応する"
    },
    {
      "code": "km",
      "lang": "Khmer",
      "lang_code": "km",
      "roman": "daembi thveu aoy huosa kamrit",
      "sense": "react too much or too intensely",
      "word": "ដើម្បីធ្វើឱ្យហួសកំរិត"
    },
    {
      "code": "ko",
      "lang": "Korean",
      "lang_code": "ko",
      "roman": "gwaing ban-eunghada",
      "sense": "react too much or too intensely",
      "word": "과잉 반응하다"
    },
    {
      "code": "no",
      "lang": "Norwegian",
      "lang_code": "no",
      "sense": "react too much or too intensely",
      "word": "overreagere"
    },
    {
      "code": "pt",
      "lang": "Portuguese",
      "lang_code": "pt",
      "sense": "react too much or too intensely",
      "word": "reagir demais"
    },
    {
      "code": "ro",
      "lang": "Romanian",
      "lang_code": "ro",
      "sense": "react too much or too intensely",
      "word": "reacționa exagerat"
    },
    {
      "code": "ru",
      "lang": "Russian",
      "lang_code": "ru",
      "roman": "sliškom ostro reagirovatʹ",
      "sense": "react too much or too intensely",
      "word": "слишком остро реагировать"
    },
    {
      "code": "es",
      "lang": "Spanish",
      "lang_code": "es",
      "sense": "react too much or too intensely",
      "word": "sobrerreaccionar"
    },
    {
      "code": "es",
      "lang": "Spanish",
      "lang_code": "es",
      "sense": "react too much or too intensely",
      "word": "reaccionar exageradamente / hiperbólicamente"
    },
    {
      "code": "th",
      "lang": "Thai",
      "lang_code": "th",
      "roman": "S̄ædngxxk",
      "sense": "react too much or too intensely",
      "word": "แสดงออก"
    },
    {
      "code": "vi",
      "lang": "Vietnamese",
      "lang_code": "vi",
      "sense": "react too much or too intensely",
      "word": "phản ứng thái quá"
    }
  ],
  "word": "overreact"
}

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