overcompensateverb [ I ]
uk/ˌəʊ.vəˈkɒm.pən.seɪt/us/ˌoʊ.vɚˈkɑːm.pən.seɪt/to try too hard to correct a problem, therefore creating a new problem:
Chris is one of those small men who overcompensate for their lack of height with a larger than life personality.
Thesaurus: synonyms and related words
Effort and expending energy
- apply
- assiduous
- be running on empty idiom
- bust a gut idiom
- concentrated
- conscientious
- fight
- jump
- mightily
- mind
- pains
- painstaking
- painstakingly
- perseverance
- shot
- slugger
- strenuous
- thirsty work
- trial and error
- work up sth
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