overanimate

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verb

To animate excessively.

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Meanings

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

present singular third person overanimates · participle present overanimating · participle past overanimated · past overanimated

  1. transitiveTo animate excessively.

    Kalipada Das adopts Harold Lloyd's use of overanimated gestures and acrobatic body movement.

    2013, Babli Sinha, Cinema, Transnationalism, and Colonial India: Entertaining the Raj
    1 more example

    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.

    2013, Chris Georgenes, How to Cheat in Adobe Flash CS6: The Art of Design and Animation

Origin

From over- + animate.

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APA

overanimate. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 2, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/overanimate

MLA

“overanimate.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/overanimate. Accessed November 2, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “overanimate,” accessed November 2, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/overanimate.

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