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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