Crossword Dictionary

OVERDONE

overdone - adj
If you say that something is overdone, you mean that you think it is excessive or exaggerated.

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Synonyms

elaborate, exaggerated, overstated, extravagant, too much

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Examples

In many districts the building was quite overdone, and the rent obtainable being far less than enough to recoup the guardians, the system operated as out-door relief for the able-bodied and as a rate in aid of wages.

Although colored eyeliners can help enhance the eyes and draw attention, pairing eyeliner with a gold shadow is a heavy look that's hard to pull off without looking overdone.

Tho the constant use of red and blue is perhaps slightly overdone - at times it's like watching a tinted silent movie!

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Etymology

late Old English ofer-done "carried to excess, immoderate, too much;" see overdo. Of meat, etc., "cooked too much," from 1680s.

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