- overplayed
- adj. exaggerated; overdramatizedv. exaggerate; present with exaggeration; act in an exaggerated manner
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overplay — /oh veuhr play /, v.t. 1. to exaggerate or overemphasize (one s role in a play, an emotion, an effect, etc.): The young actor overplayed Hamlet shamelessly. The director of the movie had overplayed the pathos. 2. to put too much stress on the… … Universalium
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