Definition of "overreact" []

• To react with unnecessary or inappropriate force, emotional display, or violence. (verb-intransitive)

American Heritage(R) Dictionary of the English Language, Fifth Edition. Copyright (c) 2011 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. Published by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. All rights reserved.

• "Update -- The paper's use of the word overreact appears to have been misleading."
• "Sooooo "the girl" ends up doing them, and she gets cast into the role of the mother/nag for caring about housework, while he's the cool guy who doesn't "overreact" and also doesn't have to do the housework, and he can just say she should lighten up."
• "Yes, it's possible to hold these views and still behave rashly, or "overreact," as I now firmly believe Gates did."