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to overact
01
to act a role in an exaggerated way that is not natural
Grammatical Information
Composition
derived
Action verb
Regular
Present tense
overact
3rd person singular
overacts
Present participle
overacting
Past simple
overacted
Past participle
overacted
Examples
He tends to overact by emphasizing every line with dramatic gestures.
Lexical Tree
overact
act
