overacting
Noun
Meaning
poor acting by a ham actor
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Examples
I definitely think there was some overacting on the part of the customers and the wait staff. The people who came in during the shooting were clearly there to have a moment on television, and that's fine.
Isn’t the issue why the mast cells are overacting.
Depp's performance has also had a mixed reception, with some claiming that his performance is the best thing about the film, while others have accused him of overacting.
There are also two cycles of imbalance, an overacting cycle (cheng) and an insulting cycle (wu).
Exaggeration worked with her character, although at times it still came across as overacting.
They used the real McCarthy for this one, and preview audiences said he was overacting.