verb
- responding to something with more emotion or action than the situation requires
Usage: present participle of overreact
Examples
- She was overreacting to the minor criticism from her boss.
- Stop overreacting – it’s just a small scratch on the car.
- The media is overreacting to the celebrity’s harmless comment.
- He accused me of overreacting when I got upset about the broken vase.
- Parents sometimes worry they’re overreacting to their child’s behavior.
- The stock market is overreacting to the economic news.