Overemoted

Part of speech: adjective, verb

Definitions

1. Excessively expressing emotions, often to the point where it feels exaggerated or forced
2. Displaying feelings in an overly dramatic manner, potentially leading to a perception of insincerity
3. Conveying sentiments with such intensity that it may seem excessive or unrestrained

Etymology: The past tense and past participle of "overemote," which means to express emotion to an excessive degree. Its building blocks are the prefix "over-" and "emote," so the interesting history lies in "emote" itself. "Emote" comes from "emotion," which passed into English as a borrowing from French. The French word traces back through Middle French "esmouvoir" and Old French "esmovoir" to the Vulgar Latin "exmovēre," meaning "to move out" or "to stir up." Its Latin parts are "ex," "out," and "movēre," "to move," so an emotion was originally a stirring outward of the mind or body. "Emote" then formed as a back-formation from "emotion," shaped to sound like a verb. The "over-" prefix, from Old English "ofer," meaning "above" or "beyond," was attached to produce a verb for showing feeling beyond what seems appropriate.

Synonyms: overacted, overdramatized, overexpressed

Antonyms: underemoted, underacted