Definitions
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.
- verb Third-person singular simple present indicative form of
overthink .
Etymologies
Sorry, no etymologies found.
Support
Help support Wordnik (and make this page ad-free) by adopting the word overthinks.
Examples
-
The answer is yes, because the entire episode we just sat through was Leonard's daydream fantasy of thinking it through, which becomes more of a waking nightmare, because he dreams that it all falls apart again because he overthinks everything.
-
Bella and ed get frustrated with each other sometimes, they disagree, edward is too overprotective sometimes, he overthinks things all the time.
-
The one interesting comment I heard on Fox yesterday (now, I don't turn down the sound and listen to WWL; my ANM wines like a turbo-prop at takeoff in the TV room for some reason) was the comment that Bush overthinks and runs form "ghosts".
-
She overthinks everything, from where to sit in the dining hall, to what to say to the boy on whom she has a desperate crush, to whether she should say hello to someone she passes in a quiet hallway.
Write What You Like 2005
-
That is, confronted with a word she knows, she blanks -- or, more often, overthinks.
Vulcan death grip M-mv 2005
-
She overthinks everything, from where to sit in the dining hall, to what to say to the boy on whom she has a desperate crush, to whether she should say hello to someone she passes in a quiet hallway.
Write What You Like 2005
-
That is, confronted with a word she knows, she blanks -- or, more often, overthinks.
Archive 2005-05-01 M-mv 2005
-
DM: Yeah, everyone overthinks it sometimes or at some point or another.
NYT > Home Page By MATT WALDMAN 2011
-
She contemplates everything, and overthinks things and sometimes is afraid to just let things happen.
-
Further, it doesn't help when Preki overthinks things, like last Thursday against Philadelphia at BMO when his team was out of sorts due to new formations and roles.
SI.com 2010
Comments
Log in or sign up to get involved in the conversation. It's quick and easy.