The garden was overgrown with weeds.
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Overgrown
Synonyms for "overgrown" (127 found)
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Closest matches (26)
Strong matches (38)
Related words (63)
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outrageousoutsizeoutsizedoverbigoverdevelopedoverfedovergreatoverlargeovermuchoverrunoversizedoverspreadoverweeningoverweightprodigiousrankriotousseedysizablespacioussproutingsteepstiffstupendousthickthrivingtitanictoo bigtoo muchtremendousunbridledunconscionableundueunreasonableunrestrainedunweededvastvoluminousweed-chokedweed-riddenweedyweightywooded
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1 entriesform of
1 entriesrelated to
7 entriessimilar
4 entriesTranslations
33 translations across 12 languages.
Ancient Greek
1 entries- δασύς adj (having large numbers of plants which have become too big)
Bulgarian
1 entries- обрасъл adj (having large numbers of plants which have become too big)
Cebuano
1 entries- malibon adj (having large numbers of plants which have become too big)
Finnish
1 entries- umpeenkasvanut adj (having large numbers of plants which have become too big)
German
1 entries- überwachsen adj (having large numbers of plants which have become too big)
Latin
1 entries- obsitus adj (having large numbers of plants which have become too big)
Māori
4 entries- heuheu adj (having large numbers of plants which have become too big)
- kōwaowao adj (having large numbers of plants which have become too big)
- maheu adj (having large numbers of plants which have become too big)
- tūhea adj (having large numbers of plants which have become too big)
Norwegian Bokmål
1 entries- begrodd adj (having large numbers of plants which have become too big)
Spanish
4 entries- demasiadamente crecido adj (having large numbers of plants which have become too big)
- demasiado crecido adj (having large numbers of plants which have become too big)
- grandullón adj (having grown bigger without changing character)
- grandulón adj (having grown bigger without changing character)
Swedish
3 entries- bevuxen adj (having large numbers of plants which have become too big)
- igengrodd adj (having large numbers of plants which have become too big)
- övervuxen adj (having large numbers of plants which have become too big)
Thai
1 entries- รกชัฏ adj (having large numbers of plants which have become too big)
Ukrainian
4 entries- без догляду adj (having large numbers of plants which have become too big)
- запущений adj (having large numbers of plants which have become too big)
- зарослий adj (having large numbers of plants which have become too big)
- заріс adj (having large numbers of plants which have become too big)
Sample sentences
11 total sentences available.
The garden at Tom's house was heavily overgrown. For over a year no one had bothered to look after it anymore.
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The property was almost completely overgrown with wild blackberry bushes.
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The garden became overgrown.
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