Definitions for: Overact

[v] exaggerate one's acting

Webster (1913) Definition: O`ver*act", v. t.
1. To act or perform to excess; to exaggerate in acting; as,
he overacted his part.

2. To act upon, or influence, unduly. [Obs.]

The hope of inheritance overacts them. --Milton.

O`ver*act", v. i.
To act more than is necessary; to go to excess in action.
--B. Jonson.

Synonyms: ham, overplay

Antonyms: underact, underplay

See Also: act, play, playact, roleplay

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