overemphatic

adjective

over·em·phat·ic ˌō-vər-im-ˈfa-tik

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: 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

overemphatically

ˌō-vər-im-ˈfa-ti-k(ə-)lē

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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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The Gavotte was hurried and sometimes overemphatic, the Gigue definitely in too much of a rush. —

Dallas News, 23 May 2022 An occasional forte was a little overemphatic, and the finale would have danced at a less driven tempo. —

Dallas News, 13 June 2022 Myers paints Berenger in overemphatic strokes, employing a too-fidgety physicality and expressions that verge on mugging. —

Washington Post, 4 Apr. 2022 That leaves Shawn playing Rifkin with an overemphatic, one-note delivery. —

Jesse Hassenger, The Week, 28 Jan. 2022 The movie sinks, fast and deep, under the weight of dramatic shortcuts, overemphatic details, undercooked possibilities, unconsidered implications. —

Richard Brody, The New Yorker, 25 Jan. 2022