Overreacts [verb]

Definition of Overreacts:

become, make afraid or distressed

Synonyms of Overreacts:

● Scare

● Clutch

● Alarm

● Stampede

● Unnerve

● Startle

● Terrify

● Chicken out

● Go to pieces

● Lose it

● Be terror-stricken

● Become hysterical

● Come apart

● Freeze up

● Have a fit

● Lose nerve

● Push panic button

● Run scared

● Shake in boots


Opposite/Antonyms of Overreacts:

● Be content

● Be calm

● Calm


Sentence/Example of Overreacts:

This is true even if he’s right that you’re overreacting, which he might be.

I’ll just be reminding myself not to overreact to how the polls change after tonight.

Maybe people have overreacted about how things will look in a post-pandemic world.

While the return to normal pay shows that the bumpiest months of the crisis are over, sources at many of the publications that made cuts cautioned against overreacting.