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overreact

verb B2
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aşırı tepki vermek

to respond to a situation with more emotion or intensity than is appropriate

She overreacted when her friend arrived late for dinner.

  • The manager warned the team not to overreact to the sudden market change.
  • When the news broke, some viewers overreacted, spreading rumors online.
  • Researchers observed that participants tended to overreact to ambiguous feedback during the experiment.
  • In high-pressure negotiations, diplomats must avoid overreacting to provocative statements to maintain diplomatic relations.
  • overreact to criticism · eleştiriye aşırı tepki vermek She tends to overreact to criticism, even when it is constructive.
  • overreact to stress · strese aşırı tepki vermek During the exam, many students overreact to stress and make careless mistakes.
  • overreact to sth He overreacted to the minor delay and started shouting.

sb: somebody · sth: something

similar: exaggerate

simpler: react

Same family

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overreact aşırı tepki vermek

react tepki vermek, tepki göstermek overreaction aşırı tepki reactance reaktans (psikoloji), tepkisellik, karşı çıkma eğilimi reactant tepkimeye giren madde reaction tepki reactionary gerici, aşırı tutucu

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