overreact
o‧ver‧re‧act /ˌəʊvəriˈækt $ ˌoʊ-/
verb [intransitive]
overreact to
You always overreact to criticism.
Many investors overreacted to the stock market crash.
—overreaction /-riˈækʃən/ noun [singular, uncountable]:
Their response was an overreaction.
o‧ver‧re‧act /ˌəʊvəriˈækt $ ˌoʊ-/
verb [intransitive] Word Family: noun: reaction, reactor, reactionary, overreaction; verb: react, overreact; adjective: reactionary, reactive
to react to something with too much emotion, or by doing something that is unnecessaryoverreact to
—overreaction /-riˈækʃən/ noun [singular, uncountable]: