overreact

English

Etymology

Pronunciation

(General American) IPA^(key): /ˌoʊ.vəɹ.ɹiˈækt/
(Received Pronunciation) IPA^(key): /ˌəʊvəɹiˈækt/
enPR: ō'vər-rē-ăktʹ
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Verb

overreact (third-person singular simple present overreacts, present participle overreacting, simple past and past participle overreacted)

To react too much or too intensely.
Please try not to overreact if she drives badly when she is first learning.

overreact to bad news

Derived terms

overreaction

Translations

react too much or too intensely

Arabic: ثور بصورة مبالغة (thawr bisurat mubalagha)
Armenian: չափից դուրս արձագանքել (č‘ap‘ic‘ durs arjagank‘el)
Chinese:
Mandarin: 反應過度／反应过度 (fǎnyìng guòdù)
Esperanto: tro reagi
Finnish: reagoida liioitellusti, ylireagoida (fi), tehdä ylilyönti
French: s’emporter (fr), surréagir (fr), exagérer (fr)
Georgian: ზედმეტად რეაქტიული (zedmeṭad reakṭiuli)
German: überreagieren (de)
Greek: αντιδράσω υπερβολικά (antidráso ypervoliká)
Hungarian: túlreagál (hu)
Italian: reagire troppo
Japanese: 過剰反応する (kajō hannō suru)
Khmer: ដើម្បីធ្វើឱ្យហួសកំរិត (daembi thveu aoy huosa kamrit)
Korean: 과잉 반응하다 (gwaing ban-eunghada)
Norwegian: overreagere
Portuguese: reagir demais
Romanian: reacționa exagerat
Russian: слишком остро реагировать (sliškom ostro reagirovatʹ)
Spanish: sobrerreaccionar
Thai: แสดงออก (th) (S̄ædngxxk)
Vietnamese: phản ứng thái quá

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