Nominal Forms
Infinitive: to overact
Participle: overacted
Gerund: overacting
Cognates
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Indicative
Present
| I | overact |
| you | overact |
| he;she;it | overacts |
| we | overact |
| you | overact |
| they | overact |
Perfect
| I | have overacted |
| you | have overacted |
| he;she;it | has overacted |
| we | have overacted |
| you | have overacted |
| they | have overacted |
Past
| I | overacted |
| you | overacted |
| he;she;it | overacted |
| we | overacted |
| you | overacted |
| they | overacted |
Pluperfect
| I | had overacted |
| you | had overacted |
| he;she;it | had overacted |
| we | had overacted |
| you | had overacted |
| they | had overacted |
Future
| I | will overact |
| you | will overact |
| he;she;it | will overact |
| we | will overact |
| you | will overact |
| they | will overact |
Future Perfect
| I | will have overacted |
| you | will have overacted |
| he;she;it | will have overacted |
| we | will have overacted |
| you | will have overacted |
| they | will have overacted |
Subjunctive
Present
| I | overact |
| you | overact |
| he;she;it | overact |
| we | overact |
| you | overact |
| they | overact |
Perfect
| I | have overacted |
| you | have overacted |
| he;she;it | have overacted |
| we | have overacted |
| you | have overacted |
| they | have overacted |
Imperfect
| I | overacted |
| you | overacted |
| he;she;it | overacted |
| we | overacted |
| you | overacted |
| they | overacted |
Pluperfect
| I | had overacted |
| you | had overacted |
| he;she;it | had overacted |
| we | had overacted |
| you | had overacted |
| they | had overacted |
Conditional
Present
| I | would overact |
| you | would overact |
| he;she;it | would overact |
| we | would overact |
| you | would overact |
| they | would overact |
Perfect
| I | would have overacted |
| you | would have overacted |
| he;she;it | would have overacted |
| we | would have overacted |
| you | would have overacted |
| they | would have overacted |
Imperative
| you | overact |
| we | Let's overact |
| you | overact |
Verbs conjugated like 'overact'
abandon,
abduct,
abear,
aberr,
abject,
abord,
abort,
abound,
abraid,
abray,
abrook,
abscind,
abscond,
absist,
absorb,
abstain,
abstract,
accend,
accent,
accept, etc. (List truncated at 20 verbs)
Verbs similar to 'overact'
overage,
overamp,
overarch,
overarm,
overawe,
overcast,
overcut,
overdot,
overeat,
overfit,
Synonyms & Antonyms
Additional Information
Phrasal Verbs
Etymology
1. 1611, "to go too far in action," from
over +
act (q.v.). Meaning "to play a part with too much emphasis, to chew the scenery" is from 1631.
2. Etymology tree
3. Proto-Indo-European *úp
4. Proto-Indo-European *-er
5. Proto-Indo-European *upér
6. Proto-Germanic *uber
7. Old English ofer-
8. Middle English over-
9. English over-
10. Latin agō
11. Latin ācta
12. Old French actbor.
13. Middle English acte
14. English act
15. English overact
16. From over- + act.
Verbs referencing "overact"
Dutch
overacteren.
Sample Sentences
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[...] formed a sort of committee for a redress of grievances. We hindered and repressed a great deal of cruelty, and congratulated ourselves on doing a vast deal of good, till, as often happens, my zeal overacted. Stubbs complained to my father that he couldn't manage the hands, and must resign his position. Father was a fond, indulgent husband, but a man that never flinched from anything that he thought [...]
(Uncle Tom’s Cabin)