overemphatic
adjective
over·em·phat·ic
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Definition of overemphatic
: uttered with or marked by excessive or extreme emphasis : excessively or inappropriately emphatic
… his overly erect posture and overemphatic diction make him come off like an enraged headwaiter.— Stuart Klawans … the … posturing and overemphatic gesturing needed to reach the balcony in theater …— Ron Rosenbaum … in reaching for a strong conclusion, I was overemphatic.— John Cassidy
Other Words from overemphatic
overemphatically
\ ˌō-vər-im-ˈfa-ti-k(ə-)lē
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adverb
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adverb
… all the while Babs has to sit there and take it, laughing overemphatically at every punchline to prove she's in on the joke.
— Teddy Jamieson
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