verb
- responded to something with more emotion or force than the situation warranted
Usage: past tense of overreact
Examples
- I think I overreacted when I yelled at my brother for borrowing my book.
- The teacher overreacted to the minor disruption in class.
- She overreacted to the criticism and stormed out of the meeting.
- He admitted he overreacted when he heard the news.
- The media overreacted to the celebrity’s harmless comment.
- My parents overreacted when they found out I got a B on the test.