overreacting

o-ver-re-act-ing · verb

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Definitions

verb

  1. 1.

    Present participle of *overreact*: responding more emotionally or forcibly than is justified.

Related words

Antonyms: underreacting
See also: exaggerate, overreact, react
Synonyms: exaggerating

Etymology

From English over ("excessively") + react (from Latin re- + agere "to do") + -ing.