overresponds
Goes too far
Overresponds means to react more strongly or extensively than a situation warrants.
Someone who overresponds to criticism might become defensive or hostile over minor feedback.
Systems can overrespond too—an immune system that overresponds to harmless substances causes allergic reactions.
The market overresponds to every bit of news.
Excessively reactive to stimuli
- disproportionateNot properly scaled
- knee-jerkInstinctive and unconsidered
- overreactsResponds disproportionately to stimulus
- unwarrantedWithout adequate justification
irrational · hysterical · volatile · impetuous · overwrought · panicky · alarmist · hair-trigger
Rhetorical extreme exaggeration
- overstateRepresent as greater
- inflateFill with gas
- amplifyIncrease in strength
- overplayEmphasize excessively
overemphasize · magnify · overestimate · escalate · dramatize · catastrophize · blow-up · embellish
hypersensitive
Excessively reactive to stimuli
- disproportionateNot properly scaled
- knee-jerkInstinctive and unconsidered
- overreactsResponds disproportionately to stimulus
unwarranted · irrational · hysterical · volatile · impetuous · overwrought · panicky · alarmist · hair-trigger · touchy
hyperbole
Rhetorical extreme exaggeration
overplay · overemphasize · magnify · overestimate · escalate · dramatize · catastrophize · blow-up · embellish · sensationalize
aggressive
Hostile and confrontational
- vehementIntensely forceful in feeling
- forcefulExerting strong pressure
- fierceViolently intense or aggressive
heated · vigorous · emphatic · excessive · overkill · heavy-handed · extreme · outsized · amplified · escalates
overrespondsunderreacts
Responds with insufficient intensity
ignores · shrugs off · brushes off · lets slide · disregards
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