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overemotive

overemotive adjective: excessively emotive.

Adjective

overemotive (comparative more overemotive, superlative most overemotive)

  1. Excessively emotive.
    • Yet for all his stylistic authenticity, his singing was overemotive, sometimes sloppy and vocally blatant.2008 January 31, Anthony Tommasini, “Star Soprano Coaxes a Puccini Role From the Vault”, in New York Times

Forms of overemotive

comparativemore overemotive
superlativemost overemotive

Origin of overemotive

From over- + emotive.

Questions about overemotive

What does overemotive mean?
Overemotive means excessively emotive.
What part of speech is overemotive?
Overemotive is an adjective.

Words near overemotive in the dictionary

  1. overemotionalize
  2. overemotionalized
  3. overemotionalizes
  4. overemotionalizing
  5. overemotionally
  6. overemotive
  7. overempathic
  8. overempathize
  9. overemphases
  10. overemphasis
  11. overemphasise

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