OVERSTRESS

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does overstress mean? 

• OVERSTRESS (verb)
  The verb OVERSTRESS has 1 sense:

1. place special or excessive emphasis on

  Familiarity information: OVERSTRESS used as a verb is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• OVERSTRESS (verb)

Present simple: I / you / we / they overstress    ... he / she / it overstresses   
Past simple: overstressed   
Past participle: overstressed   
-ing form: overstressing   

Sense 1

Meaning:

Place special or excessive emphasis on

Classified under:

Verbs of telling, asking, ordering, singing

Synonyms:

overemphasise; overemphasize; overstress

Context example:

I cannot overemphasize the importance of this book

Hypernyms (to "overstress" is one way to...):

amplify; exaggerate; hyperbolise; hyperbolize; magnify; overdraw; overstate (to enlarge beyond bounds or the truth)

Sentence frames:

Somebody ----s something
Somebody ----s that CLAUSE