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1. WordNet® 3.0 (2006)

overact
    v 1: exaggerate one's acting [syn: overact, ham it up,
         ham, overplay] [ant: underact, underplay]

2. The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48

Overact \O`ver*act"\, v. t.
   1. To act or perform to excess; to exaggerate in acting; as,
      he overacted his part.
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   2. To act upon, or influence, unduly. [Obs.]
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            The hope of inheritance overacts them. --Milton.
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3. The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48

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

1. Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0

act a part, affect, assume, carry too far, counterfeit, declaim, do a bit, dramatize, exaggerate, exhaust, fake, feign, go overboard, go to extremes, go too far, grimace, ham, ham it up, histrionize, know no bounds, make out like, mug, out-herod Herod, overcarry, overdevelop, overdo, overdramatize, overdrive, overelaborate, overemphasize, overexercise, overexert, overexpend, overindulge, overlabor, overplay, overreact, overspend, overstrain, overstress, overstudy, overtask, overtax, overtrain, overuse, overwork, pass all bounds, play, play a part, play a scene, playact, pretend, protest too much, put on, put on airs, rant, roar, sham, simulate, spout, throw away, tug the heartstrings, underact, wear

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