overreacting
present participle ofoverreact
overreact
verb[I]
uk/ˌəʊ.və.riˈækt/us/ˌoʊ.vɚ.riˈækt/toreactin anextreme,especiallyanangryorfrightened, way:
Try not to overreacttocriticism.
Reacting and responding
- act onsomething
- backlash
- bat
- batsomethingback
- bite
- bite back (atsomeone/something)
- overreact
- overreaction
- pearl-clutching
- play it by earidiom
- press/pushsomeone'sbuttonsidiom
- reaction
- respond
- strike while the iron is hotidiom
- supersensitivity
- ticklish
- toe
- ultra-sensitive
- wake
- wake up!idiom
Examplesofoverreacting
overreacting
In English, many past and present participles of verbs can be used as adjectives. Some of these examples may show the adjective use.
The combination of this awareness and a sense of moderation mean that the proposed measures have been addressed realistically and withoutoverreacting.
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We must not assist him byoverreactingto his actions.
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The danger is that we have become over-cautious byoverreactingto the mistake made in 1964.
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We must do so without, at the same time,overreactingand damaging the engine of consumption or imposing an intolerable burden on inter-generational transfers.
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I agree about the importance of neither underreacting noroverreactingto the issue.
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Koop isoverreacting, do we really want to put more legal and financial inhibitions on people who are trying to develop a cure or a vaccine for this disease?
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He immediately calls his brothers to accompany him, but they think he isoverreacting.
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This example is from Wikipedia and may be reused under a CC BY-SA license.Admitting she is wrong oroverreactingdoesn't come easily to her!
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This example is from Wikipedia and may be reused under a CC BY-SA license.Although friends thought he wasoverreacting, he declared that he would resign from the captaincy and the club at the end of the season.
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This example is from Wikipedia and may be reused under a CC BY-SA license.It was also noted that traders were generallyoverreactingto news events, creating the opportunity of abnormal returns.
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This example is from Wikipedia and may be reused under a CC BY-SA license.In addition, people who wereoverreactingwere removed by security.
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This example is from Wikipedia and may be reused under a CC BY-SA license.He adjusts quickly to the conditions of earth, but appears to have trouble understanding the nature of his peers, oftenoverreactingto them.
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This example is from Wikipedia and may be reused under a CC BY-SA license.Instead, they think she has an overactive imagination and is justoverreactingto the graveyard located near the house.
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This example is from Wikipedia and may be reused under a CC BY-SA license.It is obvious that he isoverreactingto horrible news and did not know what to think about the situation.
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This example is from Wikipedia and may be reused under a CC BY-SA license.However, heroverreactingnature often suffocates her kids and creates problems in the relationship she shares with them.
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- safety record
- safety record
- safety regulation
- safety regulation
- safety requirement
- safety standard
- safety stock
- safety-stock
- safety strap
- safety valve
- sign-over-to
- sign-own-death-warrant
- signpost
- signposted
- signposting
- sign (sb) in
- sign-sb-in
- sign (sb) out
- sign-sb-out
- signs of inflammation
- signs of inflammation
- signs of strain
- signs of the zodiac
- signs-of-the-zodiac
- sign something away