overanimate

English

Etymology

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.