exaggerated reactions
Blown out proportions
Exaggerated reactions are responses out of proportion to their cause—dramatic displays of emotion, shock, or outrage that exceed what the situation warrants.
The phrase often carries skepticism about sincerity: Her exaggerated reactions to every minor inconvenience exhausted everyone around her.
In comedy, exaggerated reactions are a staple—the overblown gasp, the theatrical faint, the prolonged scream.
- overreactionDisproportionate emotional response
- dramaticStrikingly expressive or sudden
- drama queenHabitual emotional exaggerator
- melodramaticExaggeratedly emotional in expression
- theatricalExaggeratedly emotional for effect
histrionic · over the top · hyperbole · tantrum · outburst · gasping · fainting · screaming · clutching pearls · jaw-dropping · eye-rolling · flailing · hysterical · overwrought · sensational · meltdown · freakout · apoplectic
- clownsclown, bozo, hobo clown, rodeo clown, party clown
- slapstickpratfall, banana peel, pie throw, falling down, custard pie
- scene stealinghamming, mugging, upstaging, grandstanding, showboating
exaggerated reactionsemotional restraint
Suppressing outward feeling display
poker face · impassivity · reserve · coolness · detachment
exaggerate, exaggeration, exaggerations, exaggerating, exaggerates, exaggeratedly, react, reaction, reactions