Synonyms for overacted


Grammar : Adj
Spell : oh-ver-akt
Phonetic Transcription : ˌoʊ vərˈækt


Définition of overacted

Origin :
  • 1610s, "to go too far in action," from over- + act (v.). Meaning "to play a part with too much emphasis, to chew the scenery" is from 1630s. Related: Overacted; overacting.
  • adj theatrical
Example sentences :
  • He would have overacted it or fallen short of it perpetually.
  • Extract from : « The World's Great Sermons, Volume 04 » by Various
  • But it is no such marvelous feat to exhibit the feats of so dull a beast; though, for that matter, too, a bear may be overacted.
  • Extract from : « The Last of the Mohicans » by James Fenimore Cooper
  • "Oh, Miss Appleby's coming to see you," said Val, with overacted indifference.
  • Extract from : « The Open Question » by Elizabeth Robins
  • He had overacted his part, and had grossly mistaken the character of the brave young girl, whom he had so basely insulted.
  • Extract from : « Hansford: A Tale of Bacon's Rebellion » by St. George Tucker
  • Standish was sufficiently a man of the world to see that he had overacted his part, and had not made a favourable impression.
  • Extract from : « The Haunted Room » by A. L. O. E.
  • A humourist would have jested at the overacted dignity of the functionaries just named of that day.
  • Extract from : « Bentley's Miscellany, Volume II » by Various
  • For an overacted austerity is not the right way to win others out of a too rollicking levity.
  • Extract from : « Shakespeare: His Life, Art, And Characters, Volume I. » by H. N. Hudson
  • "I hope I have not overacted my part," observed the king to Jane, as soon as Mr. Norton and the chaplain were gone.
  • Extract from : « Boscobel: or, the royal oak » by William Harrison Ainsworth
  • But it is no such marvellous feat to exhibit the feats of so dull a beast; though, for that matter too, a bear may be overacted.
  • Extract from : « The Last of the Mohicans » by James Fenimore Cooper
  • The friends so overacted their part, that Jane immediately saw through the plot.
  • Extract from : « Madame Roland, Makers of History » by John S. C. Abbott

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