Overdone

  • 41overblown — adj 1. overdone, excessive, extravagant, lavish, profuse, copious. See overdone(def. 2). 2. oversize, outsize, overlarge, overbig. 3. elaborate, overelaborate, overdetailed, overworked, overwrought; exaggerated, blown or blown up, blown up out of …

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  • 42overdo — UK [ˌəʊvə(r)ˈduː] / US [ˌoʊvərˈdu] verb [transitive] Word forms overdo : present tense I/you/we/they overdo he/she/it overdoes present participle overdoing past tense overdid UK [ˌəʊvə(r)ˈdɪd] / US [ˌoʊvərˈdɪd] past participle overdone UK… …

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  • 43overdo — /oʊvəˈdu / (say ohvuh dooh) verb (t) (overdid, overdone, overdoing) 1. to do to excess: to overdo exercise. 2. to carry to excess or beyond the proper limit. 3. to overact (a part); exaggerate. 4. to cook too much; overcook. –phrase 5. overdo it …

  • 44overdo — ► VERB (overdoes; past overdid; past part. overdone) 1) do (something) excessively or in an exaggerated manner. 2) (overdo it/things) exhaust oneself. 3) use or add too much of. 4) (overdone …

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  • 45over the top — {adv. phr.} 1. Out of the trenches and against the enemy. * /The plan was to spend the night in the trenches and go over the top at dawn./ * /Johnny found that he was braver than he thought he would be when his company went over the top./ 2. Over …

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  • 46over the top — {adv. phr.} 1. Out of the trenches and against the enemy. * /The plan was to spend the night in the trenches and go over the top at dawn./ * /Johnny found that he was braver than he thought he would be when his company went over the top./ 2. Over …

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  • 47From — (fr[o^]m), prep. [AS. fram, from; akin to OS. fram out, OHG. & Icel. fram forward, Sw. fram, Dan. frem, Goth. fram from, prob. akin to E. forth. ?202. Cf. {Fro}, {Foremost}.] Out of the neighborhood of; lessening or losing proximity to; leaving… …

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  • 48Obsequious — Ob*se qui*ous, a. [L. obsequiosus, fr. obsequium compliance, fr. obsequi, fr. obsequi: cf. F. obs[ e]quieux, See {Obsequent}, and cf. {Obsequy}.] 1. Promptly obedient, or submissive, to the will of another; compliant; yielding to the desires of… …

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  • 49overstated — adj. represented as greater than is true or reasonable; exaggerated; as, They made overstated accusations of corruption. Syn: exaggerated, overdone. [WordNet 1.5] …

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  • 50bathos — noun Etymology: Greek, literally, depth Date: 1727 1. a. the sudden appearance of the commonplace in otherwise elevated matter or style b. anticlimax 2. exceptional commonplaceness …

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