Related Clues:

• Feign fear or fury
• Engage in melodramatics
• Act poorly?
• Overplay a role, say
• Get gushy
• Act too dramatically
• Openly show feelings
• Really go out of one's way?
• Blow the audition, perhaps
• 'E', I think, winds up 'effuse'
• Get carried away on stage
• Show feeling
• Gush wildly
• Ham it up, in a theater
• Give expression to one's feelings