overacting

IPA: ˈoʊvɝˈæktɪŋ

Root Word: Overacting

Overacting (also referred to as hamming or mugging) refers to acting that is exaggerated.

Examples of "overacting" in Sentences

I'm sorry for overacting about it.
Don't follow overacting by misquoting.
Dear Highpriest, you are overacting as usual.
There is no such thing as 'intentional overacting'.
I would say an SFX version of "overacting" if you will.
For one thing, while the goofiness is fine, the overacting is a big issue.
He should have just acted it in his own way and not so over the top … I think the overacting is annoying.
Also, his overacting is getting annoying - him barking at the camera is ruining even the few decent flicks he's in.
As far as "overacting" comment, I thought they were perfect these characters are very melodramatic and I thought Rob and Kristen were totally on point!
This might work if the clues were meaningful, or at the very least interesting, but they're not, resulting in overacting by the two leads and raising more questions than the film answers.
This was no exception, but the film itself tends toward the formulaic and Bening’s overacting is insufferable (akin to the more recent film where she played a stage actress and inexplicably got an Oscar nomination).
And when I say campy, I mean campy: gold-trimed uniforms, Cylon butt-capes, overacting from the whole cast, the cute kid and his furry robot (who tag along on dangerous missions for no apparent reason), and the supposedly super-intelligent yet motive-free robot villains whose only battle tactic is to strafe everything with fighters.