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overembellish

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Definitions of overembellish word

  • noun overembellish Make (something) too ornate or complicated. 1
  • verb overembellish to embellish too much 0

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Parts of speech for Overembellish

noun
adjective
verb
adverb
pronoun
preposition
conjunction
determiner
exclamation

overembellish popularity

A common word. It’s meaning is known to most children of preschool age. About 89% of English native speakers know the meaning and use the word.
This word is included in each student's vocabulary. Most likely there is at least one movie with this word in the title.

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Synonyms for overembellish

verb overembellish

  • embellish — Make (something) more attractive by the addition of decorative details or features.
  • aggrandize — To aggrandize someone means to make them seem richer, more powerful, and more important than they really are. To aggrandize a building means to make it more impressive.
  • amplify — If you amplify a sound, you make it louder, usually by using electronic equipment.
  • color — the sensation resulting from stimulation of the retina of the eye by light waves of certain lengths
  • colour — The colour of something is the appearance that it has as a result of the way in which it reflects light. Red, blue, and green are colours.

Antonyms for overembellish

verb overembellish

  • abridge — to reduce the length of (a written work) by condensing or rewriting
  • compress — When you compress something or when it compresses, it is pressed or squeezed so that it takes up less space.
  • condense — If you condense something, especially a piece of writing or speech, you make it shorter, usually by including only the most important parts.
  • contract — A contract is a legal agreement, usually between two companies or between an employer and employee, which involves doing work for a stated sum of money.
  • curtail — If you curtail something, you reduce or limit it.

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