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Definition of "overacted" []

  • Simple past tense and past participle of overact. (verb)

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Use "overacted" in a sentence
  • "In the movie, the Spee should be nominated for some kind of Oscar for its portrayal of the Phoenix Club, although at times I thought it overacted a little, like when it bused in all those attractive women."
  • "I still like it, but everything seems a little overacted."
  • "A nice idea, but it came off a bit gimmicky and mildly overacted, though the six seconds or so in which Bincohe puts on lipstick in front of the mirror and wrestles with earrings (in another example of how a film still takes on a different meaning after one has screened the film) were very good."