exaggerated reaction

A reaction, even an exaggerated reaction, against riches and rich men was to be expected.

But it does not offer any explanation for such an exaggerated reaction to an inadequate stimulus.

Or is it merely an exaggerated reaction against the misfortune of the unfruitful queen?

The other is an individual over-sensitiveness so that there is an exaggerated reaction to irritation.

Whenever they are led far away from that thought, there is likely to be an exaggerated reaction back to it.