surcompenser

syʁkɔ̃pɑ̃se

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Definition of surcompenser - Reverso French Dictionary

Verb

excès

tr.

Rare

compenser de façon excessive, au-delà du nécessaire

tr.

Rare

L'entreprise a surcompensé la baisse des ventes en réduisant trop les coûts.

excéder

surpayer

psychologie

tr./intr.

Rare

réagir de manière exagérée pour masquer un sentiment d'infériorité

tr./intr.

Rare

Il surcompense sa timidité en parlant très fort en public.

surcorriger

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Origin of surcompenser

préfixe français sur- + compenser (récompenser en excès)

Examples of surcompenser in a sentence

Elle surcompense souvent son stress en travaillant trop.
Elle surcompense son anxiété en plaisantant sans arrêt.
Nous surcompenserons nos erreurs par un excès de zèle.

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English:overcompensate, make up for, ...
German:überkompensieren, übersteuern, ...
Italian:surcompensare, ipercompensare, ...
Spanish:sobrecompensar, ...
Portuguese:sobrecompensar, ...
Chinese:过度补偿, 极力掩饰, ...
Japanese:過剰に補償する, 過剰に反応する, ...
Arabic:عوض بشكل مفرط, ...
Hebrew:לְפַצּוֹת בְּהַגְזָמָה, לְהַגְזִים בְּתוֹכְנוֹ, ...
Russian:чрезмерно компенсировать, сверхкомпенсировать, ...
Ukrainian:надмірно компенсувати, суперкомпенсувати, ...
Catalan:sobrecompensar, ...
Danish:overkompensere, ...
Dutch:overcompenseren, overdreven compenseren, ...
Greek:υπεραποζημιώνω, υπεραναπληρώνω, ...
Khmer:ផ្តល់សំណងលើស, ធ្វើការប៉ះប៉ូវហួសហេតុ, ...
Korean:과도하게 보상하다, 과잉 보상하다, ...
Polish:przekompensować, przesadnie kompensować, ...
Portuguese (BR):compensar em excesso, ...
Romanian:a supracompensa, a reacționa exagerat, ...
Swedish:överkompensera, ...
Thai:ชดเชยเกินไป, แสดงออกเกินจริงเพื่อกลบความรู้สึกด้อย, ...
Turkish:aşırı telafi etmek, aşırı tepki göstermek, ...
Vietnamese:bù đắp quá mức, quá bù trừ, ...

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