Crossword-Solution: OVERACTING
We have 12 clues for the answer “OVERACTING”
| Clue | Answers |
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| Broadly trodding the boards? | 1 answer |
| Emulating a ham performer | 1 answer |
| Fault of a "ham." | 1 answer |
| Problem addressed by a drama coach | 1 answer |
| Hissy fit | 7 answers |
| ADDRESSED A CROWD | 10 answers |
| ADDRESSED FLIPPANTLY | 10 answers |
| histrionics | 15 answers |
| Dramatics | 19 answers |
| Tantrum | 24 answers |
| Perform-ing | 64 answers |
| pretension | 72 answers |
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Hint 1 meaning
The superficial contents of any figure; the surface included
within any given lines; superficial extent; as, the area of a square or
a triangle.
Hint 2 anagram
ERAA
Hint 3 another clue
CERTAIN BRAIN SIZE
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Sentences with OVERACTING (5)
Her master, you must say, is ill; you must let her in, with an assured but rather serious countenance—no smiles, no overacting, and I promise you success! Once the girl within, and the door closed, the same dexterity that has already rid you of the dealer will relieve you of this last danger in your path.
Her master, you must say, is ill; you must let her in, with an assured but rather serious countenance; no smiles, no overacting, and I promise you success! Once the girl within, and the door closed, the same dexterity that has already rid you of the dealer will relieve you of this last danger in your path.
Smelling the gunpowder from a gun which had been discharged, he went on one side to get out of the wind of the piece, trembling in a most artistic manner, but quite overacting his part.
Lewin say, “I wonder what he’ll end by doing.” A little overacting his part, he apologized nonchalantly for his lateness.
There was neither sight nor sound of mounted men, and the gate was shut; but in the middle of the roadway there was smoking dung, and there was a suspicion of overacting about the indifference of the guardians of the entrance.
Quotes with OVERACTING (2)
Overuse at best is needless clutter; at worst, it creates the impression that the characters are overacting, emoting like silent film stars. Still, an adverb can be exactly what a sentence needs. They can add important intonation to dialogue, or subtly convey information.
If anything, I'm overacting in the ring because of the facials and the body language. I want the guy in the cheap seats to be able to see what I'm thinking, the expression on my face. But when you're filming a movie, it could be a two- or three-camera shot, and you're doing it over and over and over again. It's not live TV; it's a lot different.
Where this answer appears
Appears in: CrosSynergy, Newsday, NYT.
Used 4 times in crossword archives (1952–2017).