overreactive
English edit
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Etymology edit
Pronunciation edit
- (General American) IPA(key): /ˌoʊ.vəɹ.ɹiˈæk.tɪv/
- (Received Pronunciation) IPA(key): /ˌəʊvəɹiˈæktɪv/
Adjective edit
overreactive (comparative more overreactive, superlative most overreactive)
- Too reactive; tending to overreact.
- overreactive parenting
- 2019, Chigozie Obioma, An Orchestra of Minorities, Abacus (2019), page 491:
- Heʼd seen it in her eyes, and even though he knew that his mind could become overreactive in such situations, he was convinced that what heʼd seen in her was contempt.