We should have indulged, we say; perhaps, have approved of the violence of his emotion, had the cause been in any respect proportioned to it.
Emotions and reactions have to measured in proportion to what is being reacted to and if the catalyst and result are disproportionate we will be unnerved by it. It will bother us or elicit a kind of grimace or cringe at the response.
Ex. Obnoxious or overly loud crying after tripping on a crack in the sidewalk or debris from a fallen tree.
