OVERACT

Pronunciation (US): (GB):

Present simple: I / you / we / they overact ... he / she / it overacts

Past simple: overacted

Past participle: overacted

-ing form: overacting

Meaning:

Exaggerate one's acting

Synonyms:

ham; ham it up; overact; overplay

Classified under:

Verbs of sewing, baking, painting, performing

Hypernyms (to "overact" is one way to...):

act; play; playact; roleplay (perform on a stage or theater)

Domain category:

dramatic art; dramatics; dramaturgy; theater; theatre (the art of writing and producing plays)

Sentence frames:

Somebody ----s
Somebody ----s something

Antonym:

underact (act (a role) with great restraint)

Derivation:

overacting (poor acting by a ham actor)