overreact

English

Etymology

From over- +‎ react.

Pronunciation

• (General American) IPA^(key): /ˌoʊ.vəɹ.ɹiˈækt/
• (Received Pronunciation) IPA^(key): /ˌəʊvəɹiˈækt/
• enPR: ō'vər-rē-ăktʹ

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Verb

overreact (third-person singular simple present overreacts, present participle overreacting, simple past and past participle overreacted)

1. To react too much or too intensely.

   Please try not to overreact if she drives badly when she is first learning.

   overreact to bad news

Derived terms

• overreaction
• overreactor

Translations

react too much or too intensely

Arabic: ثور بصورة مبالغة (thawr bisurat mubalagha) Armenian: չափից դուրս արձագանքել (čʻapʻicʻ durs arjagankʻel) Chinese: Mandarin: 反應過度 / 反应过度 (fǎnyìng guòdù) Esperanto: tro reagi Finnish: reagoida liioitellusti, ylireagoida (fi), tehdä ylilyönti French: s'emporter (fr), surréagir (fr), exagérer (fr) Georgian: ზედმეტად რეაქტიული (zedmeṭad reakṭiuli) German: überreagieren (de) Greek: αντιδράσω υπερβολικά (antidráso ypervoliká) Hungarian: túlreagál (hu) Italian: reagire troppo Japanese: 過剰反応する (kajō hannō suru) Khmer: ដើម្បីធ្វើឱ្យហួសកំរិត (daembi thveu aoy huosa kamrit) Korean: 과잉 반응하다 (gwaing ban-eunghada) Norwegian: overreagere Portuguese: reagir demais Romanian: reacționa exagerat Russian: слишком остро реагировать (sliškom ostro reagirovatʹ) Spanish: sobrerreaccionar Thai: แสดงออก (th) (S̄ædngxxk) Vietnamese: phản ứng thái quá

Anagrams

• overtrace