English Explanatory Dictionary

protest too much

English dictionary entry

Meanings

verb
  1. To insist so passionately about something that people suspect the opposite of what one is saying.

Pronunciation

En-au-protest too much.ogg

Word forms

protest too much protests too much protesting too much protested too much

Etymology

Shortened from the lady doth protest too much.

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