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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 announcement prompted days of frenzied selling in global markets.—
Erin Doherty,Kevin Breuninger,Sophie Kiderlin,
CNBC,
12 July 2025
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After 10 minutes of frenzied bidding in Paris on Thursday, Jane Birkin’s original Hermès Birkin sold for $10.1 million at Sotheby’s in Paris, shattering the previous record by nearly 20 times.—
Miles Socha,
Footwear News,
10 July 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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Calm restored in the Treasury market, yields settling back slightly to quiet the overexcited talk about fiscal fissures.—
Michael Santoli,
CNBC,
2 June 2025
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After a brain injury, NMDA receptors can become overexcited, causing further cell death, so quieting these receptors might prevent additional damage.—
Stephanie Pappas,
Scientific American,
29 May 2025
Adjective
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While this is a very rural area, the fire has triggered some road closures and evacuations, mainly to ensure that fire resources have uninhibited access to manage the fire.—
Dan Peck,
ABC News,
12 July 2025
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Wiley’s expressive voice is full of color and animation befitting Gauguin’s bold use of color, native island themes, and uninhibited lifestyle.—
AudioFile Magazine
June 27,
Literary Hub,
27 June 2025
Adjective
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In the meantime, Nelson said, there are some things travelers can do to minimize their own risks in an overheated cabin, and to help advocate for safer standards across the industry.—
Zach Wichter,
USA Today,
3 July 2025
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Maxwell struggled to slow the run; Michie poured Coke bottles of water onto the overheated reel drag.—
Donald Millus,
Outdoor Life,
3 July 2025
Adjective
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Early in 2008, when Clinton briefly welled up in a coffee shop after a bruising loss in the Iowa caucus, the moment was interpreted as being a melodramatic scandal fit for TMZ and a cynical ploy for attention that eventually won her New Hampshire.—
Sophie Gilbert,
The Atlantic,
15 Apr. 2025
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The war stories in particular, despite being well-acted, are an unnecessary melodramatic distraction.—
Christopher Arnott,
Hartford Courant,
25 June 2025
Adjective
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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
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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
Adjective
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The fans who showed up at the Intuit Dome were enthusiastic enough, especially when the in-game host fired them up, but the matchups between geographic neighbors Palm Beach and Miami, and L.A. and San Diego, don’t exactly scream rivalry.—
Jim Alexander,
Oc Register,
13 July 2025
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Peggy meets a handsome doctor from Newport whose family is less than enthusiastic about her career.—
Billie Melissa,
MSNBC Newsweek,
12 July 2025
Cite this Entry
“Overemotional.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/overemotional. Accessed 22 Jul. 2025.
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