overreact
To react too much or too intensely.
Verb
- To react too much or too intensely.
- Please try not to overreact if she drives badly when she is first learning.
- overreact to bad news
Origin
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.