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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
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Curry has traveled to China seven times with the most recent tour to Chongqing last August, and each visit has drawn massive, frenzied crowds.—
John Liu,
CNN Money,
2 June 2026
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As the negotiations over the Iran nuclear deal neared completion in 2015, foreign investors’ interest in Iran reached a frenzied pitch.—
Bozorgmehr Sharafedin,
The Atlantic,
1 June 2026
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Still, the overall lack of orgiastic feats of American marketing spend left me feeling curiously maudlin.—
Alison Willmore,
Vulture,
27 May 2026
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The resulting film, Yes—opening this week in New York City—begins with an orgiastic carnival among warmongers in Tel Aviv.—
Jordan Hoffman,
Vanity Fair,
25 Mar. 2026
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When starting or advancing a business or organization, enthusiasm for success can lead to overexcited team members rushing and making mistakes.—
Jared Bahir Browsh,
Forbes.com,
31 Mar. 2026
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Perhaps this was just some overexcited UFO diehard with a hunch and money to burn.—
Will Gottsegen,
The Atlantic,
26 Feb. 2026
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In that moment, all the troubles that Springsteen and the audience had commiserated over during the first third of the concert evaporated into a place of uninhibited, joyous nostalgia.—
Ben Crandell,
Sun Sentinel,
24 Apr. 2026
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News outlets slowly picked up on providing comment functions, hesitant at first to introduce the possibility for readers to leave their opinions directly and uninhibited in spaces formerly exclusively populated by professional journalists.—
Encyclopedia Britannica,
Encyclopedia Britannica,
22 Apr. 2026
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Above, helicopter crews were using loudspeakers to tell residents to flee as an overheated tank at GKN Aerospace in Garden Grove threatened to explode or leak thousands of gallons of a toxic chemical.—
Los Angeles Times,
Los Angeles Times,
29 May 2026
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Next came a high-rate era used to cool an overheated business climate.—
Jonathan Lansner,
Oc Register,
28 May 2026
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This 1787 imagining, by architect and designer Felice Soave and Giocondo Albertolli, was the setting for a love affair between Giuditta Cantù Turino, the frescoist Appiano’s great-niece, and Vincenzo Bellini, Italy’s most romantic and melodramatic operatic composer.—
Condé Nast,
Condé Nast Traveler,
2 June 2026
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The rest of the cast including Lennie, Sánchez-Gijón, Luengo and Smit fit right in to Almodóvar’s uniquely melodramatic world.—
Pete Hammond,
Deadline,
19 May 2026
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Matthews, widely rated a top six overall prospect in the country, had a histrionic announcement at Aquinas.—
Barry Jackson,
Miami Herald,
15 May 2026
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The landscapes of Church and his peer Albert Bierstadt (who painted the American West) can feel like histrionic versions of Friedrich’s simpler, more concentrated aesthetic.—
Sebastian Smee,
New Yorker,
4 May 2026
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The first memorandum approval was enthusiastic.—
Nicolas Villamil,
The Orlando Sentinel,
28 May 2026
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Petro cited this statement at a public rally to enthusiastic applause.—
Roberto Andrés,
The Dial,
28 May 2026
Cite this Entry
“Overemotional.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/overemotional. Accessed 9 Jun. 2026.
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