When Chris overacted his part again, the director warned that anyone overplaying would be barred from the next production.
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Overplay
Synonyms for "overplay" (72 found)
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Closest matches (15)
Strong matches (21)
Related words (36)
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Translations
14 translations across 4 languages.
Bulgarian
1 entries- преигравам verb (To overdo or overact one's effect or role)
Dutch
4 entries- dramatiseren verb (To present something more dramatically than necessary)
- overacteren verb (To overdo or overact one's effect or role)
- overdrijven verb (To overdo or overact one's effect or role)
- overdrijven verb (To present something more dramatically than necessary)
French
3 entries- surjouer verb (To overdo or overact one's effect or role)
- surjouer verb (To present something more dramatically than necessary)
- surjouer verb (To overestimate one's strength in a game or event)
Spanish
4 entries- hiperutilizar verb (To overestimate one's strength in a game or event)
- sobreactuar verb (To overdo or overact one's effect or role)
- sobreestimar verb (To overestimate one's strength in a game or event)
- superusar verb (To overestimate one's strength in a game or event)
Sample sentences
6 total sentences available.
Nevertheless, 3 Body Problem does well to pull us onward, as much through the relentless, but never overplayed, suffering and hardening of Ye Wenjie as she endures her effective imprisonment in the project grounds – and the stealing of her work by others – as by the present day mystery.
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A lot of times I don't want to overplay songs that I really like, because I know that then I'll get sick of them and I don't want to get sick of them.
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Jack won the last match of blackjack; Theo overplayed.
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