Synonyms for Overdone

Synonyms for "overdone" (135 found)

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Closest matches (27)

affected aggrandized amplified artificial ballyhooed bedizenedbien cuitbig-sounding convoluted declamatory disproportionate done doneness dramatic elaborate elevated euphuistic exaggerated excessive exorbitant

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extravagant extreme

Adjective(5 words)

burnt charred exaggerate exaggeratedexcessive use of force

Strong matches (41)

flamboyant flaming flashy flaunting fulsome garish gaudy genteel glorified gongoresque grand grandiloquent grandiose grandisonant hackhigh flownhigh flyinghigh soundinghigh-flowing high-flown

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high-flying high-sounding highfalutin histrionic hyperbolic inflated inkhorn inordinate insincere johnsonianla-di-dalabored labyrinthine lexiphanic lofty lurid luxuriant magnified

Adjective(3 words)

hackneyed hyperbolize luxurious

Related words (67)

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More general

9 entries

action behavior communication cook discoursediscourse qualitydonenessprepare foodstyle quality

More specific

18 entries

banal phraseburnt toastcharred vegetablesflorid rhetorichyperbolize argumentostentatious displayovercook fishovercook meatovercook vegetablesovercooked steakoverdo emphasisoverdo gestureoverdo praiseoveremphasize pointoverstate claimshowy embellishment

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Collocations

10 entries

overdone cookingoverdone emphasisoverdone meatoverdone plotoverdone rhetoricoverdone roastoverdone styleoverdone theatricsoverdone tropeoverdone vegetables

Inflections

5 entries

more overdonemost overdoneoverdid overdoes overdoing

Derivations

2 entries

overdo overdoing

similar

2 entries

cooked immoderate

Sample sentences

11 total sentences available.

Tatoeba + Wiktionary

The comic scenes in the play were overdone.

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I shouldn't have overdone it.

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It can be overdone.

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You've overdone it.

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Overdone