overact
/ˌəʊvəɹˈækt/
Word Rarity
Very rare
Frequency: Zipf frequency 1.45 in modern English
12
Scrabble Score
7
Letters
3
Syllables
7
Unique Chars
Meaning
Example Sentences
- "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."
Etymology
Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *úp Proto-Indo-European *-er Proto-Indo-European *upér Proto-Germanic *uber Old English ofer- Middle English over- English over- Latin agō Latin ācta Old French actbor. Middle English acte English act English overact From over- + act.