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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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Live on SiriusXM’s Alt Nation, the 24-year-old performed the classic single with the frenzied yearning found throughout her own discography, her South London accent slicing through the simple piano melody.—
Larisha Paul,
Rolling Stone,
7 Feb. 2025
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Buy Now on Drizly: $30 Best Barbados White Rum The Real McCoy 3 Year Aged Barbados’ Foursquare distillery, helmed by Richard Seale, produces aged rums that send serious rummies into spasms of joy and frenzied hunts for limited edition bottles.—
Jeremy Repanich,
Robb Report,
7 Feb. 2025
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This icky masterwork of ’80s horror is best known for introducing us to the Cenobites, the collective of sadomasochistic priests from a Lovecraftian dimension of orgiastic torment, and whose flesh has been twisted, penetrated, and seared to extremes.—
Rory Doherty,
Vulture,
19 Sep. 2024
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The Danish composer’s lyrics suggest a singularity between nature and the human body, painted in such orgiastic imagery as to make In Utero seem modest.—
Pitchfork,
Pitchfork,
1 Oct. 2024
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Swift showed up with her squad, got booed by overexcited Eagles fans, and made an enemy of President Donald J. Trump.—
Vulture Staff,
Vulture,
9 Feb. 2025
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Romy is headed to the office when the overexcited animal gets away from its owner and starts charging down the sidewalk right at her.—
Alison Willmore,
Vulture,
4 Dec. 2024
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And can Nix’s development continue uninhibited without Sutton, who was his favorite target by far in 2024 when Sutton set career bests with 81 catches and 135 targets for 1,081 yards and eight touchdowns?—
Parker Gabriel,
The Denver Post,
17 Jan. 2025
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Depp has some wild fun with it, disturbing all of high society with her uninhibited rage.—
David Sims,
The Atlantic,
24 Dec. 2024
Adjective
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If damaged or overheated, lithium-ion batteries can ignite or even explode — residual heat sets off a chain reaction that causes the batteries to heat up uncontrollably and spontaneously combust, a process that can happen over days, weeks or months.—
David Douglas,
NBC News,
27 Jan. 2025
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When emotions among some players became overheated, Kelce showed his leadership skills, including correctly criticizing defensive end George Karlaftis for de-cleating receiver Kadarius Toney during a non-padded practice.—
Nate Taylor,
The Athletic,
20 Aug. 2024
Adjective
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Her over-the-top cockney accent speaking in melodramatic dialogue drives much of the comedy in her performance, which ultimately wears thin over the course of the film’s brief runtime.—
Vikram Murthi,
IndieWire,
25 Jan. 2025
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There’s a lot of melodramatic potential in this material — particularly one late-breaking narrative development that has felled many talented artists in the past.—
Bilge Ebiri,
Vulture,
25 Jan. 2025
Adjective
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That said, when obscene moments — like Justin Timberlake exposing Janet Jackson’s nipple in 2004 — and political messaging — like Beyoncé honoring the Black Panther Party in 2016 — have occurred on the halftime show, NFL viewers and the league itself have responded in histrionic ways.—
Kyndall Cunningham,
Vox,
7 Dec. 2018
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Even though there's no question that anthropogenic climate change has played a major role in the current run-up of the global mean sea level, some of the most histrionic predictions about pending inundations have mercifully remained just that.—
Bruce Dorminey,
Forbes,
23 Jan. 2025
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Sit at the counter and watch the enthusiastic chefs at work.—
Joanne Shurvell,
Forbes,
19 Feb. 2025
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Jones has sounded less than enthusiastic about the prospect of facing Aspinall ever since the Englishman put himself in line for the next shot by capturing the interim heavyweight title.—
Matt Robison,
Newsweek,
18 Feb. 2025
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“Overemotional.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/overemotional. Accessed 22 Feb. 2025.
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