What does overact mean?
Overact means (intransitive, chiefly acting) To act in an exaggerated manner..
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/ˌəʊvəɹˈækt/ · verb
(intransitive, chiefly acting) To act in an exaggerated manner..
He overacted his part.
If governments overact and become oppressive, the terrorists will have won, for their theory is that repression will eventually lead to revolution.
The scenework proves unsuccessful when Carmichael recalls not the source of her misandry but another episode of overacting, that of castratively biting off the moustache of an amorous man.
The hope of inheritance overacts them.
The χαμολνία, Humicubation, lying upon ground, &c. which things have been overacted, and still are in the Greek and Roman Churches.
Use overact when its meaning, tone and grammar fit the full sentence. A synonym is not always a direct replacement.
Overact means (intransitive, chiefly acting) To act in an exaggerated manner..
Common synonyms include chew the scenery, ham, ham it up, melodramatize.
Possible antonyms include underplay, underact.
He overacted his part.
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