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 Definitions of overreact  [ˌoʊ vər riˈækt]  

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Definition of 'overreact' Random House Webster's College Dictionary 

1. (v.i.) overreact
to react more strongly than is appropriate.

Etymology:  (1960–65)

Definition of 'overreact' Princeton's WordNet 

1. (verb) overreact
show an exaggerated response to something
"Don't overreact to the bad news--take it easy"


Definition of 'overreact' Kernerman English Learner’s Dictionary 

1. (verb) overreact
to react too strongly or emotionally
Wall Street has overreacted to the interest rate cut.; my parents' overreaction to the news of my engagement


Translation of 'overreact' Kernerman English Multilingual Dictionary 

Sense: to react too much
She overreacts to criticism.

Afrikaans flag Afrikaans: oorreageer Arabic flag Arabic: يُبالِغ في رَد الفِعْل Bulgarian flag Bulgarian: прекалявам
Brazilian flag Brazilian: reagir com exagero Czech flag Czech: přehnaně reagovat German flag German: zu heftig reagieren
Danish flag Danish: overreagere Greek flag Greek: αντιδρώ υπερβολικά Spanish flag Spanish: reaccionar/responder de f
Estonian flag Estonian: liiga tõsiselt võtma Farsi flag Farsi: بیش از حد واکنش نشان دادن Finnish flag Finnish: ylireagoida
French flag French: réagir de manière excessi Hebrew flag Hebrew: להגיב באופן מוגזם Hindi flag Hindi: अत्यधिक प्रतिक्रिया करना
Croatian flag Croatian: pretjerano reagirati Hungarian flag Hungarian: túlzott mértékben reagál Indonesian flag Indonesian: bereaksi berlebihan
Icelandic flag Icelandic: bregðast of harkalega við Italian flag Italian: (reagire in modo eccessiv Japanese flag Japanese: 過剰反応する
Korean flag Korean: 과잉 반응하다 Lithuanian flag Lithuanian: pernelyg jautriai reaguot Latvian flag Latvian: pārlieku reaģēt
Malay flag Malay: bertindak balas berlebiha Dutch flag Dutch: overdreven reageren Norwegian flag Norwegian: overreagere
Polish flag Polish: reagować zbyt mocno/gwałt Persian flag Persian: بیش از حد واکنش نشان دادن Pashto flag Pashto: ډير عكس العمل ښودل
Portuguese flag Portuguese: reagir com violência Romanian flag Romanian: a reacţiona exa­gerat Russian flag Russian: слишком остро реагировать
Slovak flag Slovak: tvrdo reagovať Slovenian flag Slovenian: premočno reagirati Serbian flag Serbian: burno reagovati
Swedish flag Swedish: överreagera Thai flag Thai: มีปฏิกิริยารุนแรงเกินไป Turkish flag Turkish: aşırı tepki göstermek
Taiwanese flag Taiwanese: 反應過度 Ukrainian flag Ukrainian: дуже гостро реагувати Urdu flag Urdu: بہت زيادہ ردعمل کرنا
Vietnamese flag Vietnamese: phản ứng quá mạnh mẽ Chinese flag Chinese: 反应过度

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