overanimate

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English

Etymology

From over- +‎ animate.

Verb

overanimate (third-person singular simple present overanimates, present participle overanimating, simple past and past participle overanimated)

  1. (transitive) To animate excessively.
    • 2013, Babli Sinha, Cinema, Transnationalism, and Colonial India: Entertaining the Raj:
      Kalipada Das adopts Harold Lloyd's use of overanimated gestures and acrobatic body movement.
    • 2013, Chris Georgenes, How to Cheat in Adobe Flash CS6: The Art of Design and Animation:
      Lightning is a very quick and simple animation technique that can easily be overanimated. Don't try and animate the lightning bolt into the frame by building it up over a sequence of keyframes.