overacting in English

verb

1

(of an actor) act a role in an exaggerated manner.

a weepy actress with a strong tendency to overact

synonyms: exaggerate, overdo it, overplay it, ham it up, camp it up

noun

• hamming

verb

• exaggerate, overdo it, overplay it, ham it up, camp it up
• ham it up, overplay, ham

Use "overacting" in a sentence

1. Overacting will only spoil the effect.

2. Don't you think you're overacting a bit?

3. They who assume a character that doesn't belong to them generally betray themselves by overacting it.

4. They who assume a character that does not belong to them generally betray themselves by overacting.

5. Agent Kellerman thinks she's overacting to the news that she was uninvited to a literacy fundraiser.

6. Either Parkin was telling the truth, or he was overacting as much as Faber himself.

7. The overacting by Corenswet and the equally Beefcakey Jake Picking as Rock Hudson don’t help matters here

8. Botted This verb refers to being victimized by a bot and/or overacting to a bot hate-mail comment

9. Conclusion A myectomy is effective in patients with superior oblique muscle palsy when the direct antagonist is overacting and the hyperdeviation is under 15 prism diopters.