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Pronunciation varies by accent · verb
(ambitransitive, acting) To overdo or overact one's effect or role..
When Chris overacted his part again, the director warned that anyone overplaying would be barred from the next production.
Nevertheless, 3 Body Problem does well to pull us onward, as much through the relentless, but never overplayed, suffering and hardening of Ye Wenjie as she endures her effective imprisonment in the project grounds – and the stealing of her work by others – as by the present day mystery.
A lot of times I don't want to overplay songs that I really like, because I know that then I'll get sick of them and I don't want to get sick of them.
Jack won the last match of blackjack; Theo overplayed.
Some of San Francisco's life-long Democrats believe the trend is being overplayed, the work of a small number of influential figures with big megaphones.
The first few shots went wonderfully, but Robin overplayed the last and lost.
Use overplay when its meaning, tone and grammar fit the full sentence. A synonym is not always a direct replacement.
Overplay means (ambitransitive, acting) To overdo or overact one's effect or role..
Common synonyms include ham, overact.
Possible antonyms include underplay, underact.
When Chris overacted his part again, the director warned that anyone overplaying would be barred from the next production.
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