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overplayed

ADJECTIVE

histrionic

Synonyms

STRONGEST

flamboyant frenzied histrionical maudlin mawkish overemotional overwrought sensational sentimental stagy

STRONG

bombastic emotional exaggerated grandiloquent melodramatic overacted overacting

WEAK

dramatic farcical hammy theatric theatrical

Antonyms

STRONG

deadpan low-key matter-of-fact understated

Example Sentences

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When he is loud, he is very, very loud, and often the great rushes of sound are overpedaled into a blur.

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