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overacting

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o·ver·act  (vr-kt)
v. o·ver·act·ed, o·ver·act·ing, o·ver·acts
v.tr.
To act (a dramatic role) with unnecessary exaggeration.
v.intr.
1. To exaggerate a role; overplay.
2. To act over and above what is required; overdo in acting.
over·action n.
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Noun1.overacting - poor acting by a ham actor
hamming
acting, performing, playacting, playing - the performance of a part or role in a drama
Translations
overacting [ˌəʊvərˈæktɪŋ] N → sobreactuación f, exageración f (del papel)


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I think that I must have been rather overacting my delight, and that she detected a hollow ring in my congratulations, for I saw her eyebrows rise a little, and she glanced at me curiously.
Sign of the Four by Doyle, Sir Arthur Conan View in context
She feared she had been doing wrong: saying too much, overacting the caution which she had been fancying necessary; in guarding against one evil, laying herself open to another; and to have Miss Crawford's liveliness repeated to her at such a moment, and on such a subject, was a bitter aggravation.
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