overact

“My reaction is not to overact but I didn’t like it,” Del Rio said.

From Washington Times ● Aug. 17, 2022

And if he never seems out of his depth, it may just be that he doesn’t overact; he doesn’t get too far out over his center of gravity.

From Los Angeles Times ● Jun. 18, 2021

She remembers turning up at castings as recently as five years ago, recording self-tapes, running lines with her mother, who could be counted on to overact.

From The Guardian ● Oct. 13, 2019

Mr. Kline does not overact; it’s his character who does, and it’s important to recognize the distinction.

From New York Times ● Apr. 5, 2017

"You overact your part," said young Wharton, in constant apprehension of discovery; "your zeal is too intemperate."

From The Spy by James Fenimore Cooper

The film suggests Moose is on the autism spectrum, but Travolta overacts at every opportunity, magnifying every emotion and gesture, such as Moose's penchant to rock back and forth.

From Salon ● Aug. 28, 2019

He is also someone who overthinks, overacts and overshares.

From The Guardian ● Jun. 8, 2015

Keaton rises to the formidable challenge of underacting as an actor who overacts.

From Slate ● Oct. 16, 2014

Regarding the cast, Puig says that Ray Liotta "overacts" in his role as Ryan's stern preacher father and Ashley Judd "dully plays" his mother, while the narration is "heavy-handed" and "clunky."

From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 5, 2014

Certes, if Mounchensey had more knowledge of the world he would distrust him," said Sir Francis, "because in my opinion Buckingham overacts his part, and shows him too much attention.

From The Star-Chamber, Volume 2 An Historical Romance by William Harrison Ainsworth

The night I saw it, not all of that singing was precisely on key, and the child nearest me overacted wretchedly.

From New York Times ● May 6, 2022

He overacted, but these are old songs whose sentiments can use some help.

From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 24, 2021

Or perhaps you will come to feel that you’ve overacted and yet still want to involve the school to prevent further issues.

From Slate ● Aug. 7, 2019

But the transformation is so sudden — and, frankly, badly overacted by Guthrie, who seems to have forgotten that he’s playing a single human being, not two — that the tragedy rings hollow.

From Washington Post ● May 19, 2016

For a second I thought she was going to run into my arms as if we were reunited lovers in some overacted Aturan tragedy.

From "The Name of the Wind" by Patrick Rothfuss

The outsize nature of the production invites overacting.

From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 11, 2026

Her overacting meets Ms. Gyllenhaal’s over-filmmaking like the Hindenburg crashing into the Titanic.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Mar. 5, 2026

They can reveal if the people caught in action are hiding from the camera or posing for it, and if they are speaking naturally or being loud and overacting.

From BBC ● Aug. 10, 2023

My sister told me I was overacting and should just move my office into my bedroom or closet.

From Slate ● Feb. 4, 2023

Even Leeds’ Thespians on Demand, the famed English acting troupe known far and wide for their loud voices and shameless overacting, could not hold a candle to this family.

From "The Long-Lost Home" by Maryrose Wood