verb
- to express emotion in an exaggerated or excessive manner
Usage: often used in acting or performance contexts
Examples
- The young actor tends to overemote during dramatic scenes.
- Critics said the lead performer overemoted in the final act.
- She was told not to overemote during the audition.
- The director asked him to tone it down because he was overemoting.
- Many soap opera actors are known to overemote their lines.
- It’s better to underplay the role than to overemote.