overintense
adjective
over·in·tense
ˌō-vər-in-ˈten(t)s 
: intense to an excessive degree
overintense emotions
a serious, overintense child
Love on live telly never works. He realised the whole thing was a suffocating, overintense nightmare …—
Vanessa Feltz
Vanessa FeltzVideo telephony rendered the fantasy insupportable. Callers now found they had to compose the same sort of earnest, slightly overintense listener's expression they had to compose for in-person exchanges.—David Foster Wallace
David Foster Wallace… the sauce on the mushrooms is sometimes overintense.—Mimi Sheraton
Mimi Sheraton
overintensely
adverb
… it is in the nature of adolescence to prefer exaggeration to restraint, to express their emotions overintensely …
—Joy Paul Guilford
Joy Paul Guilford
overintensity
noun
It's that overintensity a lot of gifted kids show that gets them in trouble.
—Paul Beljan
Paul Beljan
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“Overintense.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/overintense. Accessed 26 Nov. 2024.
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