Let's not overreact.
Source: tatoeba (2007738)
Overreact
//ˌoʊ.vəɹ.ɹiˈækt//
Synonyms for "overreact" (72 found)
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25 translations across 21 languages.
Arabic
1 entries- ثور بصورة مبالغة verb (react too much or too intensely)
Armenian
1 entries- չափից դուրս արձագանքել verb (react too much or too intensely)
Chinese Mandarin
1 entries- 反應過度 /反应过度 verb (react too much or too intensely)
Esperanto
1 entries- tro reagi verb (react too much or too intensely)
Finnish
3 entries- reagoida liioitellusti verb (react too much or too intensely)
- tehdä ylilyönti verb (react too much or too intensely)
- ylireagoida verb (react too much or too intensely)
French
3 entries- exagérer verb (react too much or too intensely)
- s'emporter verb (react too much or too intensely)
- surréagir verb (react too much or too intensely)
Georgian
1 entries- ზედმეტად რეაქტიული verb (react too much or too intensely)
German
1 entries- überreagieren verb (react too much or too intensely)
Greek
1 entries- αντιδράσω υπερβολικά verb (react too much or too intensely)
Hungarian
1 entries- túlreagál verb (react too much or too intensely)
Italian
1 entries- reagire troppo verb (react too much or too intensely)
Japanese
1 entries- 過剰反応する verb (react too much or too intensely)
Khmer
1 entries- ដើម្បីធ្វើឱ្យហួសកំរិត verb (react too much or too intensely)
Korean
1 entries- 과잉 반응하다 verb (react too much or too intensely)
Norwegian
1 entries- overreagere verb (react too much or too intensely)
Portuguese
1 entries- reagir demais verb (react too much or too intensely)
Romanian
1 entries- reacționa exagerat verb (react too much or too intensely)
Russian
1 entries- слишком остро реагировать verb (react too much or too intensely)
Spanish
1 entries- sobrerreaccionar verb (react too much or too intensely)
Thai
1 entries- แสดงออก verb (react too much or too intensely)
Vietnamese
1 entries- phản ứng thái quá verb (react too much or too intensely)
Sample sentences
12 total sentences available.
I don't want to overreact.
Source: tatoeba (2012430)
Don't overreact to the bad news -- take it easy.
Source: tatoeba (2157098)
I asked Tom not to overreact.
Source: tatoeba (2291900)
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