overemotional

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Recent Examples of overemotional Yes, that was Mother in a nutshell, or a caul: an overemotional territory with no boundaries whatsoever. Will Self, Harper's Magazine, 23 Sep. 2024 West threatened a lawsuit over his portrayal as an overemotional, insecure, and miserable executive still haunted by his six losses to the Celtics in the Finals. Gary Washburn, BostonGlobe.com, 7 May 2022
Recent Examples of Synonyms for overemotional
Adjective
  • Garland’s dystopian vision and Boyle’s kinetic urgency remain perfectly in sync, and the fact that much of the film was reportedly shot using an iPhone 15 promises a frenzied doomscroll realism.
    Greg Braxton, Los Angeles Times, 16 May 2025
  • Instead, this wonderfully weird and lyrical film — a crackling ode to the perverse operatics underpinning accidents no human can explain — lands with the full weight of a frenzied jazz band.
    Alison Foreman, IndieWire, 13 May 2025
Adjective
  • Things get even more heated when the characters burst into a series of sweltering original songs at the Juke, creating an orgiastic — even religious — fever strong enough to rip the space-time continuum apart at the seams.
    David Ehrlich, IndieWire, 10 Apr. 2025
  • The Danish composer’s lyrics suggest a singularity between nature and the human body, painted in such orgiastic imagery as to make In Utero seem modest.
    Pitchfork, Pitchfork, 1 Oct. 2024
Adjective
  • Team members become overexcited about their fantasy football teams, or individuals chat about the latest Netflix hit.
    Cheryl Robinson, Forbes.com, 23 May 2025
  • However, some overexcited roadies (played by Kevin Nealon, Dana Carvey and Dennis Miller) resulted in Bertinelli getting up and leaving before the dinner had even really started.
    Becca Longmire, People.com, 5 Mar. 2025
Adjective
  • Her characters, including Belinda and Insecure’s hilariously uninhibited Kelli, are often frustratingly scarce within their respective series.
    Phoebe Reilly, Vulture, 10 Mar. 2025
  • This aligns perfectly with Venus in Aries’ love for uninhibited self-expression.
    Valerie Mesa, People.com, 20 Feb. 2025
Adjective
  • In the early 1990s, home values plummeted following an overheated market in the mid-to-late 1980s.
    Kenneth R. Gosselin, Hartford Courant, 21 Apr. 2025
  • While the rise of inventory in some of the state's most overheated markets is now contributing to bringing home prices down in these metros, Florida is still struggling with a lack of affordable homes.
    David Faris, Newsweek, 17 Mar. 2025
Adjective
  • The European Commission hit back, accusing the ECB of being melodramatic.
    Billy Bambrough, Forbes.com, 24 Apr. 2025
  • Babygirl has some crucial hallmarks of that classic Hollywood mode: a melodramatic plot that places a morally ambiguous woman’s concerns at its center — though Babygirl’s melodrama is subdued in favor of stately psychological introspection.
    Angelica Jade Bastién, Vulture, 25 Apr. 2025
Adjective
  • The most reliably entertaining are the dryly sardonic Yelena Belova (Pugh) and the excitable, histrionic Alexei Shostakov/Red Guardian (a showily outsized Harbour).
    Manohla Dargis, New York Times, 1 May 2025
  • Real Women takes a more tender, less histrionic approach.
    Sara Holdren, Vulture, 28 Apr. 2025
Adjective
  • In 2019, Joker received an enthusiastic eight-minute reception in Venice.
    Nancy Tartaglione, Deadline, 13 May 2025
  • The show gets really enthusiastic and vocal reactions from the crowds — mid-act standing ovations and cheers.
    Seija Rankin, HollywoodReporter, 9 May 2025

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“Overemotional.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/overemotional. Accessed 28 May. 2025.

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