overreact

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• General-American: /ˌoʊ.vəɹ.ɹiˈækt/
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• Received-Pronunciation: /ˌəʊvəɹiˈækt/
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• ō'vər-rē-ăktʹ
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Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *úp Proto-Indo-European *-er Proto-Indo-European *upér Proto-Germanic *uber Old English ofer- Middle English over- English over- English react English overreact From over- + react.

26 source translations are retained for this English entry.

• Arabic: ثور بصورة مبالغة (thawr bisurat mubalagha) — react too much or too intensely
• Armenian: չափից դուրս արձագանքել (čʻapʻicʻ durs arjagankʻel) — react too much or too intensely
• Chinese Mandarin: 反應過度 /反应过度 (fǎnyìng guòdù) — react too much or too intensely
• Esperanto: tro reagi — react too much or too intensely
• Finnish: reagoida liioitellusti — react too much or too intensely
• Finnish: ylireagoida — react too much or too intensely
• Finnish: tehdä ylilyönti — react too much or too intensely
• French: s'emporter — react too much or too intensely
• French: surréagir — react too much or too intensely
• French: exagérer — react too much or too intensely
• Georgian: ზედმეტად რეაქტიული (zedmeṭad reakṭiuli) — react too much or too intensely
• German: überreagieren — react too much or too intensely
• Greek: αντιδράσω υπερβολικά (antidráso ypervoliká) — react too much or too intensely
• Hungarian: túlreagál — react too much or too intensely
• Italian: reagire troppo — react too much or too intensely
• Japanese: 過剰反応する (kajō hannō suru) — react too much or too intensely
• Khmer: ដើម្បីធ្វើឱ្យហួសកំរិត (daembi thveu aoy huosa kamrit) — react too much or too intensely
• Korean: 과잉 반응하다 (gwaing ban-eunghada) — react too much or too intensely
• Norwegian: overreagere — react too much or too intensely
• Portuguese: reagir demais — react too much or too intensely
• Romanian: reacționa exagerat — react too much or too intensely
• Russian: слишком остро реагировать (sliškom ostro reagirovatʹ) — react too much or too intensely
• Spanish: sobrerreaccionar — react too much or too intensely
• Spanish: reaccionar exageradamente / hiperbólicamente — react too much or too intensely
• Thai: แสดงออก (S̄ædngxxk) — react too much or too intensely
• Vietnamese: phản ứng thái quá — react too much or too intensely