overreact
/əʊvərɪˈakt/
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American sound/əʊvərɪˈakt/
əʊvərɪˈakt
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əʊvərɪ - ˈakt -> overreact
Myanmar meaning
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overreact /ǝƱvǝri'ækt/ v ~ (to sth )
လွန်လွန်ကဲကဲ တုံ့ပြန် သည်။ အတိုင်းထက်အလွန် တုံ့ပြန်သည်။ financial markets overreacting to political changes ❍ She tends to overreact when things go wrong.
❏ overreaction /-'ækʃn/ n [U, sing] ~ (to sth ) လွန်လွန် ကဲကဲ တုံ့ပြန်ခြင်း။ an overreaction by the stock market ❍ The council is accused of overreaction to shopkeepers' complaints.
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- overreact /ǝƱvǝri'ækt/ v ~ ( to sth ) လွန်လွန်ကဲကဲ တုံ့ပြန် သည်။ အတိုင်းထက်အလွန် တုံ့ပြန်သည်။ financial markets overreacting to political changes
- She tends to overreact when things go wrong. ❏ overreaction /-'ækʃn/ n [U, sing] ~ ( to sth ) လွန်လွန် ကဲကဲ တုံ့ပြန်ခြင်း။ an overreaction by the stock market
- The council is accused of overreaction to shopkeepers' complaints.
Synonyms
exaggerate, react excessively, make a big deal, dramatize, be melodramatic, go over the top, alarm, be terror-stricken, become, become hysterical, chicken out, clutch, come apart, freeze up, go to pieces, have a fit, lose it, lose nerve, overdramatize, overplay, overstretch, push panic button, run scared, scare, shake in boots, stampede, startle, terrify, unnerve
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exaggeratereact excessivelymake a big dealdramatizebe melodramaticgo over the topalarmbe terror-strickenbecomebecome hystericalchicken outclutchcome apartfreeze upgo to pieceshave a fitlose itlose nerveoverdramatizeoverplayoverstretchpush panic buttonrun scaredscareshake in bootsstampedestartleterrify
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