overemotional

adjective

Definition of overemotionalnext
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
Recent Examples of Synonyms for overemotional
  1. frenzied
  2. orgiastic
  3. overexcited
  4. uninhibited
  5. overheated
  6. melodramatic
  7. histrionic
  8. enthusiastic
Adjective
  • The frenzied arena known for its frothing energy was suddenly muzzled by dread.
    — Marcus Thompson II, New York Times, 3 Oct. 2026
  • The world has gone through quite a few changes in the 62 years since those frenzied nights at the height of Beatlemania, but the interior of Forest Hills Stadium looks largely identical.
    — Andy Greene, Rolling Stone, 2 Oct. 2026
Definition of frenzied
Adjective
  • Horniness has been baked into Martens’s vision since the beginning, from the orgiastic inflatable at his SS23 show to the 200,000 boxes of Durex condoms for FW23.
    — Amy Francombe, Vogue, 9 Oct. 2026
  • 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
Definition of orgiastic
Adjective
  • The atmosphere aboard felt like Christmas Eve with a ship full of overexcited children.
    — Daisy Dobrijevic, Space.com, 19 Aug. 2026
  • At their reunion, an overexcited Andy is met by a typically cool Miranda, who characteristically doesn’t even remember her.
    — Jake Coyle, Twin Cities, 29 Apr. 2026
Definition of overexcited
Adjective
  • And Ibiza provides an appropriately uninhibited first setting.
    — Anna Cafolla, Vogue, 28 Sep. 2026
  • Across 13 tracks, Emjay (whose stage name is an acronym for her real name, María José) fuses genres like pop, rock, trap and hyperpop, turning the mix into an act of uninhibited freedom.
    — Lyndsey Havens, Billboard, 25 Sep. 2026
Definition of uninhibited
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  • 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
  • But the firing and the fallout make for an invigoratingly melodramatic chapter in a movie that is, again, about a vibe of in-betweenness, of hurry up and wait.
    — Ryan Lattanzio, IndieWire, 7 Oct. 2026
  • Swift pulled from a few melodramatic thrillers throughout the years.
    — Alejandra Gularte, Vulture, 28 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
  • Downtown restaurant Kato, a repeat on the World’s 50 Best list in recent years, was an early and enthusiastic adopter of NA pairings.
    — Gary Baum, HollywoodReporter, 11 Oct. 2026
  • The ire of everyday citizens continues to increase against a backdrop of enthusiastic and deep-pocketed Wall Street investors betting artificial intelligence is the economic engine of the future.
    — Kevin Williams, CNBC, 9 Oct. 2026
Definition of enthusiastic

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“Overemotional.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/overemotional. Accessed 12 Oct. 2026.

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