Misreact

verb

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Verb
  1. 1
    To react inappropriately.

    "According to Peter Griffin, Hemingway's naturalized conception of homosexuals was based on their “tendency to overreact or, better, to misreact, because their emotions were somehow short-circuited.""

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"According to Peter Griffin, Hemingway's naturalized conception of homosexuals was based on their “tendency to overreact or, better, to misreact, because their emotions were somehow short-circuited.""

Etymology

From mis- + react.

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