overreact — to respond to something with greater emotion or action than is necessary or appropriate
Part of speech: VERB
Definition: to respond to something with greater emotion or action than is necessary or appropriate
Pronunciation (IPA): /ˌoʊvərriˈækt/
Example Sentences
- My mom overreacted when she found out I got a B+ instead of an A.
- The stock market tends to overreact to political news.
- He overreacted to the spider and jumped on a chair screaming.
overreact
VERB[/ˌoʊvərriˈækt/]
to respond to something with greater emotion or action than is necessary or appropriate
💡 Concept
to respond to something with greater emotion or action than is necessary or appropriate
🎵 Rhyme
Don't overreact to what spiders attract - just calmly react!
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🎤Pronunciation
🇺🇸 US/ˌoʊvərriˈækt/
🇬🇧 UK/ˌəʊvərriˈækt/
🌳Etymology
Prefixover--
Rootreact
🎵Rhyme
reactexactattractcontract
react
exact
attract
contract
🔗Collocations
overreact to criticism
tend to overreact
overreact emotionally
overreact to stress
don't overreact
overreact to news
📝Examples
😄 Fun example
“My mom overreacted when she found out I got a B+ instead of an A.”
“The stock market tends to overreact to political news.”
😄 Fun example
“He overreacted to the spider and jumped on a chair screaming.”
😄 Fun example
“Try not to overreact when your teenager comes home with purple hair.”
📚Related Words
Synonyms
overrespondexaggeratedramatizeblow out of proportion
Antonyms
underreactremain calmstay composed
Related
reactionresponseemotionalexcessivedrama
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