overplaying
Acting too dramatically
Overplaying is playing something too hard or too much—exaggerating for effect beyond what the situation warrants.
An actor overplays a dramatic scene by emoting excessively.
A negotiator overplays a weak hand by bluffing too aggressively.
I think you're overplaying the danger here.
To overplay your hand is to overestimate your position and push too far, often backfiring.
Representing as greater than reality
- embellishingAdding decorative details
- hyperboleRhetorical extreme exaggeration
- amplifyingIncreasing strength or intensity
- inflatingCausing to expand
overemphasizing · overdoing · overselling · overstressing · overhyping · aggrandizing · magnifying · overestimating
Exaggerated theatrical performance
- muggingRobbery with violence
- overactingExcessive theatrical performance
- emotingExpressing theatrically
- scenery-chewingTheatrical overperformance
melodramatic · hammy · overwrought · campy · theatrical · exaggerated · stilted · over-the-top
Offering excessive amounts
- bluffingDeceiving about one's position
- overreachingExceeding proper limits
- miscalculatingFiguring something incorrectly
- gamblingBetting on uncertain results
Employing to excess
- exploitingUsing selfishly for benefit
- exhaustingDepleting one's stamina
- milkingExtracting animal dairy fluid
- abusingHarming through misuse
overdoing · overworking · overextending · overselling · squandering · overrelying
overstating
Representing as greater than reality
- embellishingAdding decorative details
- hyperboleRhetorical extreme exaggeration
- amplifyingIncreasing strength or intensity
inflating · overemphasizing · overdoing · overselling · overstressing · overhyping · aggrandizing · magnifying · overestimating · dramatizing
hamming
Exaggerated theatrical performance
- muggingRobbery with violence
- overactingExcessive theatrical performance
- emotingExpressing theatrically
scenery-chewing · melodramatic · hammy · overwrought · campy · theatrical · exaggerated · stilted · over-the-top · histrionic
overbidding
Offering excessive amounts
- bluffingDeceiving about one's position
- overreachingExceeding proper limits
- miscalculatingFiguring something incorrectly
overusing
Employing to excess
- exploitingUsing selfishly for benefit
- exhaustingDepleting one's stamina
- milkingExtracting animal dairy fluid
abusing · overdoing · overworking · overextending · overselling · squandering · overrelying
- exaggerationhyperbole, overstatement, exaggeration, magnification, amplification
- actingacting, act, performing, playacting, actor
overplayingunderplaying
Deliberately understating something
understating · underacting · downplaying · restraining · holding back
overplayingunderplaying
Deliberately understating something
downplaying · understating · minimizing · de-emphasizing · soft-pedaling
overplayingunderplaying
Deliberately understating something
playing it safe · folding · checking · sandbagging · trapping
- overplaying one's handExcessive confidence backfiring
play, player, playful, playing, played, playmate, plays, players, replay