OVEREMOTIONAL Synonyms: 65 Similar and Opposite Words

overemotional

adjective

Definition of overemotional

as in frenzied

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Recent Examples of overemotional 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

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Adjective

As much as there’s little room for nuance in the interval of frenzied overreaction that is Week 1 of the NFL season, two seemingly contradictory statements can be true at the exact same time.

— Anthony Crupi, Sportico.com, 18 Sep. 2026
Five years ago, Buck and Aikman were two of the biggest moves during the 2022 offseason, the most frenzied in NFL broadcasting history.

— Andrew Marchand, New York Times, 16 Sep. 2026

Definition of frenzied

Adjective

The series’ new iterations, starting with Fede Álvarez’s 2013 soft reboot Evil Dead, have largely abandoned its roots as horror-comedy in favor of orgiastic slaughter.

— David Rooney, HollywoodReporter, 8 July 2026
Still, the overall lack of orgiastic feats of American marketing spend left me feeling curiously maudlin.

— Alison Willmore, Vulture, 27 May 2026

Definition of orgiastic

Adjective

Lizzie and Bridget’s Relationship in Monster The show quickly portrays a dynamic between Lizzie and Bridget, with Bridget’s brash, uninhibited manner drawing out the more reserved and stoic Lizzie.

— Chris Spargo, PEOPLE, 18 Sep. 2026
Leave it to the denim brand most synonymous with Y2K denim to bring back the early-2000s nightlife scene for New York Fashion Week—an era of uninhibited fun before social media and smartphones dominated the night.

— Angela Velasquez, Footwear News, 8 Sep. 2026

Definition of uninhibited

Adjective

In the midst of the festivities, among a crowd of bookish faculty and graduate students, Annie and Wendy convinced an overheated newspaper photographer who’d been sent to cover the event to abandon his turtleneck.

— Robert P. Baird, New Yorker, 22 Sep. 2026
Adam had been sweating in the overheated house for days, stressing his heart.

— Alejandra Borunda, NPR, 2 Sep. 2026

Definition of overheated

Adjective

Other movies would have made a religious ideal of the suffering mother, attempted to proselytize its audiences, or wallowed in the melodramatic urge for a father figure.

— Ritesh Mehta, IndieWire, 15 Sep. 2026
Magazine understands that an experience need not be melodramatic or unique to be deeply transformative, and that moments of joy or bitterness, confusion or clarity, can all sit side by side.

— Angie Han, HollywoodReporter, 11 Sep. 2026

Definition of melodramatic

Adjective

Moore is genuinely hilarious in the role, transforming under the tutelage of Paul Giamatti’s world-weary director character Jerry from a timid mouse into an indomitable and histrionic artist.

— Taylor Antrim, Vogue, 19 Sep. 2026
The same moral tact might apply, in less histrionic matters, to the ordinary deceptions and silences by which social life is made bearable.

— Adam Gopnik, New Yorker, 17 Aug. 2026

Definition of histrionic

Adjective

For many enthusiastic golfers, access to golf courses is a top priority when choosing where to live.

— Patricia Doherty, Travel + Leisure, 20 Sep. 2026
Despite recent legal threats from Musk over the documentary’s content, Universal has always been enthusiastic about releasing the film internationally, the sources added.

— Pat Saperstein, Variety, 18 Sep. 2026

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