0 present participle of overreact
1 to react in an extreme, especially an angry or frightened, way:
Try not to overreact to criticism.
The combination of this awareness and a sense of moderation mean that the proposed measures have been addressed realistically and without overreacting.
We must not assist him by overreacting to his actions.
The danger is that we have become over-cautious by overreacting to the mistake made in 1964.
We must do so without, at the same time, overreacting and damaging the engine of consumption or imposing an intolerable burden on inter-generational transfers.
I agree about the importance of neither underreacting nor overreacting to the issue.
Koop is overreacting, do we really want to put more legal and financial inhibitions on people who are trying to develop a cure or a vaccine for this disease?
He immediately calls his brothers to accompany him, but they think he is overreacting.
Admitting she is wrong or overreacting doesn't come easily to her!
