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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
Adjective
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The Trump family’s new crypto tokens are worth well over $10 billion on paper, after a frenzied rally pushed up the value of the digital assets in the days before the inauguration.—
Bernhard Warner,
New York Times,
20 Jan. 2025
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With that, after yearslong pursuits and more than a month of frenzied speculation about Sasaki, the mystery abruptly dissolved and the answers became clear.—
Ken Rosenthal,
The Athletic,
18 Jan. 2025
Adjective
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This icky masterwork of ’80s horror is best known for introducing us to the Cenobites, the collective of sadomasochistic priests from a Lovecraftian dimension of orgiastic torment, and whose flesh has been twisted, penetrated, and seared to extremes.—
Rory Doherty,
Vulture,
19 Sep. 2024
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The Danish composer’s lyrics suggest a singularity between nature and the human body, painted in such orgiastic imagery as to make In Utero seem modest.—
Pitchfork,
Pitchfork,
1 Oct. 2024
Adjective
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Romy is headed to the office when the overexcited animal gets away from its owner and starts charging down the sidewalk right at her.—
Alison Willmore,
Vulture,
4 Dec. 2024
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However, the researchers observed that once propofol started to be given, the animals’ brains took longer to return to baseline after inputs such as sounds and remained in an overexcited state.—
New Atlas,
New Atlas,
19 July 2024
Adjective
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Depp has some wild fun with it, disturbing all of high society with her uninhibited rage.—
David Sims,
The Atlantic,
24 Dec. 2024
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Think passionate, uninhibited encounters that leave you breathless.—
Dossé-Via Trenou,
refinery29.com,
18 Dec. 2024
Adjective
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Anti-reflective and other coatings can also get damaged in an overheated car.—
Brandee Gruener,
Southern Living,
8 Jan. 2025
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Shares are even a little overheated, at a slight premium to NAV.—
Brett Owens,
Forbes,
2 Dec. 2024
Adjective
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Movies in this questionably political category tend to feature othered people dealing with some melodramatic version of struggle.—
Kyndall Cunningham,
Vox,
6 Jan. 2025
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Instead, their presence tips the narrative into something both more melodramatic and more conventional, with blazing showdowns and a climax of moral retribution worthy of Thomas Hardy’s The Mayor of Casterbridge.—
Tom Gliatto,
People.com,
3 Jan. 2025
Adjective
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This is histrionic and fun and has a nice ending with Michael Longfellow.—
EW.com,
EW.com,
8 Dec. 2024
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Beginning at the very apex of his falsetto, Hawkins tears through his ode to a life-changing love with an impassioned vocal performance that peppers his slight drawl with histrionic growls, effortlessly matching the rousing energy of the track’s instrumentation.—
Michael Saponara,
Billboard,
3 Sep. 2019
Adjective
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Right-leaning publications, meanwhile, suggested that the enthusiastic attention paid to Sweeney’s breasts had everything to do with the shifting political climate.—
Naomi Fry,
The New Yorker,
25 Jan. 2025
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For the past five seasons, the 2018 first-round draft pick has breathed new life into this franchise and its enthusiastic, table-crushing fanbase.—
Becky Sullivan,
NPR,
25 Jan. 2025
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“Overemotional.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/overemotional. Accessed 29 Jan. 2025.
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