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overthink

verb

Etymology

From Middle English *overthenken, *overthenchen (compare Middle English overthinken (“to grieve; have regrets; be sorry; be anxious”)), from Old English oferþenċan (“to think over; consider”), equivalent to over- + think.

  1. inherited from oferþenċan — “to think over; consider”
  2. inherited from *overthenken✻

Definitions

  1. To think about

    To think about; think over

    • But when I dred that wou'd not work, I overthought me of a Wile How I might at my leisure lurk, My graceless Guardain to beguile.

  2. To think or analyze too much.

    • Don't overthink the problem. It's not that difficult.

  3. To think too highly (of)

    To think too highly (of); overestimate

    • So to think of self as not to overthink — to think of yourself with sober, moral judgment.

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sense glosses and etymology drawn from English Wiktionary · source · CC-BY-SA