over-the-top
adjective
: extremely or excessively flamboyant or outrageous
an over-the-top performance
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Black-tie affairs, over-the-top birthdays, a grand night at the ballet, or a glitzy charity function?
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Anna Cafolla, Vogue, 26 May 2025
Unlike other more flouncy options, the ruffle detail here is shrunken down for some elegant, but not over-the-top character.
—Yelena Moroz Alpert, Architectural Digest, 24 May 2025
Rapper 2 Chainz is no stranger to over-the-top products and experiences.
—Charles Singh, USA Today, 24 May 2025
Eight years ago, Baz Luhrmann bought a mammoth 28-foot-wide townhouse in Gramercy Park for $13.5 million and renovated it in the distinctive, over-the-top manner familiar to anyone who has ever seen Moulin Rouge!
—Kim Velsey, Curbed, 22 May 2025
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Anna Cafolla, Vogue, 26 May 2025
Unlike other more flouncy options, the ruffle detail here is shrunken down for some elegant, but not over-the-top character.
—Yelena Moroz Alpert, Architectural Digest, 24 May 2025
Rapper 2 Chainz is no stranger to over-the-top products and experiences.
—Charles Singh, USA Today, 24 May 2025
Eight years ago, Baz Luhrmann bought a mammoth 28-foot-wide townhouse in Gramercy Park for $13.5 million and renovated it in the distinctive, over-the-top manner familiar to anyone who has ever seen Moulin Rouge!
—Kim Velsey, Curbed, 22 May 2025
See All Example Sentences for over-the-top
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“Over-the-top.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/over-the-top. Accessed 10 Jun. 2025.
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