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  • adjective Showing too much emotion.

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  • adjective excessively or abnormally emotional

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Examples

  • I rarely get called overemotional my nickname in sixth grade was “Spock”, but I’ve certainly seen that accusation used on other women, and all the cases I remember, I remember because I thought the woman in question was perfectly rational and the accusation irked me.

    Men’s Egos are *that* frail?!…really?! 2005

  • While we are at it we could open a whole scientific institute for the scientific study of racial stereotypes, and finally pull together the evidence on sneaky Japanese, drunken Irish, unintelligent Poles, overemotional women and lazy Italians.

    The Volokh Conspiracy » Approaching Arguments That Have A Racist Past 2010

  • But the doctors argued it was the morphine, and everybody treated me like I was being overemotional when I tried to get past the roadblock in my neurons.

    Archive 2009-06-01 2009

  • But the doctors argued it was the morphine, and everybody treated me like I was being overemotional when I tried to get past the roadblock in my neurons.

    Women Among Us: Terry Galloway 2009

  • The senators seemed to have no idea they were describing themselves when they tried to caricature Sotomayor as an overemotional, biased ideologue.

    Sunday Reading 2009

  • This piece was followed by a post by Jerry Saltz on his Facebook page in which he exalted Thornton's criticism and jokingly suggested that the White Collar Crimes division of the FBI conduct an investigation of the auction houses - a call that is perhaps a bit sensationalist and overemotional when, in the same breath, Saltz states that he is in favor of an unregulated market.

    Stephanie Adamowicz: Recap of "Carte Blanche" at Phillips de Pury Stephanie Adamowicz 2010

  • This piece was followed by a post by Jerry Saltz on his Facebook page in which he exalted Thornton's criticism and jokingly suggested that the White Collar Crimes division of the FBI conduct an investigation of the auction houses - a call that is perhaps a bit sensationalist and overemotional when, in the same breath, Saltz states that he is in favor of an unregulated market.

    Stephanie Adamowicz: Recap of "Carte Blanche" at Phillips de Pury Stephanie Adamowicz 2010

  • This piece was followed by a post by Jerry Saltz on his Facebook page in which he exalted Thornton's criticism and jokingly suggested that the White Collar Crimes division of the FBI conduct an investigation of the auction houses - a call that is perhaps a bit sensationalist and overemotional when, in the same breath, Saltz states that he is in favor of an unregulated market.

    Stephanie Adamowicz: Recap of "Carte Blanche" at Phillips de Pury Stephanie Adamowicz 2010

  • The techno stuff is kind of very soulless, in a way, and anonymous, and this old Bollywood stuff is so emotional, overemotional, designed to make even the hardest person cry.

    The Spin: Mumbai's Hit Is 'Mora Piya' From 'Rajneeti' 2010

  • -- Do they seem overtired, cranky, irritable, aggressive, overemotional or hyperactive, or have trouble thinking during the day?

    Kids tucked in with a dose of melatonin 2008

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