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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.
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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
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
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The musical’s propulsive rock score and frenzied choreography reflects the teens’ inner turmoil.—
Pam Kragen,
San Diego Union-Tribune,
6 Sep. 2025
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Some luxury brands regularly release limited editions to spark consumer frenzy, but the ultra rich are never frenzied.—
Lilian Raji,
Forbes.com,
30 Aug. 2025
Adjective
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With his skin ripped, sucked, and absorbed in countless different directions by the cannibalistic and orgiastic elite, Bill’s friend and eventual shunting victim David Blanchard (Tim Bartell) embodies a literal argument against gerrymandering.—
Alison Foreman,
IndieWire,
4 July 2025
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But deeper in, percussion livens up under orgiastic shrieks and a cameo on guitar from Adam Granduciel of the War on Drugs.—
Craig Jenkins,
Vulture,
3 June 2025
Adjective
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Last Thursday, OpenAI CEO Sam Altman told reporters at a private dinner that investors are overexcited about AI models.—
ArsTechnica,
ArsTechnica,
21 Aug. 2025
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Calm restored in the Treasury market, yields settling back slightly to quiet the overexcited talk about fiscal fissures.—
Michael Santoli,
CNBC,
2 June 2025
Adjective
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The scene was everything that the album is — enamored, uninhibited, steeped in sonder.—
Larisha Paul,
Rolling Stone,
22 Aug. 2025
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The freedom to compete, to be uninhibited in pursuit of victory.—
Marcus Thompson II,
New York Times,
29 July 2025
Adjective
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Reflecting the mixed internal action and the overheated/overbought state of the tape exiting July, the S & P 500 has slowed, flattened out and cooled over the past five or six weeks.—
Michael Santoli,
CNBC,
9 Sep. 2025
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Large plumes of overheated material rising upwards in Earth’s mantle teared this early crust apart, pushing fragments downwards.—
David Bressan,
Forbes.com,
31 Aug. 2025
Adjective
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As is, the film is somehow both glancing and melodramatic, a strange and underwhelming cocktail of blasé Euro sleekness and TV-movie drama.—
Richard Lawson,
IndieWire,
7 Sep. 2025
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That should turn our attention to those strictures, rather than to questioning the verisimilitude of her melodramatic doom.—
Literary Hub,
Literary Hub,
2 Sep. 2025
Adjective
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As bills were called up for debate, members lined up to ask questions about them, and the questions were often laden with histrionic and hyperbolic language.—
John C. Moritz,
Austin American Statesman,
30 July 2025
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Populated by unhinged men and masochistic women, and punctuated by fiery, increasingly histrionic set pieces, Smoke fails to reconcile its mood of noirish nihilism with its efforts at social commentary.—
Judy Berman,
Time,
27 June 2025
Adjective
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She’s best known for her enthusiastic and approachable ditties on key subjects, like potty training.—
Brittany Allen,
Literary Hub,
5 Sep. 2025
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Educators and parents are increasingly enthusiastic that matching learning styles to students will reap academic rewards.—
Suzanne Wright,
USA Today,
3 Sep. 2025
Cite this Entry
“Overemotional.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/overemotional. Accessed 11 Sep. 2025.
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