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OVERACT
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I. (verb)
Verb forms
Present simple: I / you / we / they overact ... he / she / it overacts
Past simple: overacted
Past participle: overacted
-ing form: overacting
Sense 1
Meaning:
Exaggerate one's acting
Synonyms:
ham; ham it up; overact; overplay
Classified under:
Verbs of sewing, baking, painting, performing
Hypernyms (to "overact" is one way to...):
act; play; playact; roleplay (perform on a stage or theater)
Domain category:
dramatic art; dramatics; dramaturgy; theater; theatre (the art of writing and producing plays)
Sentence frames:
Somebody ----s
Somebody ----s something
Antonym:
underact (act (a role) with great restraint)
Derivation:
overacting (poor acting by a ham actor)
