Overrespond
Definition, Meaning & Examples
Part of speech verb
Quick meaning: Overrespond is a verb meaning (intransitive) To respond excessively.
Meaning
(intransitive) To respond excessively.
Example Sentences
The impulse behind purple prose, he wrote, “is to make everything larger than life, almost to overrespond, maybe because, habituated to life written down, in both senses, we become inured and have to be awakened by something intolerably vivid.”
Word Forms
- overresponds
- overresponding
- overresponded
Related Words
Related dictionary entries include overreact, overcompensate, overdo, overaddress, overapologize, hyperreact.
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