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overacting

ADJECTIVE

histrionic

Synonyms

STRONGEST

flamboyant frenzied histrionical maudlin mawkish overemotional overwrought sensational sentimental stagy

STRONG

bombastic emotional exaggerated grandiloquent melodramatic overacted overplayed

WEAK

dramatic farcical hammy theatric theatrical

Antonyms

STRONG

deadpan low-key matter-of-fact understated

ADJECTIVE

overacted

Synonyms

WEAK

histrionic

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