as in exaggerated
to describe or express in too strong terms
the fashion designer's claim that his new line of clothing would revolutionize the way we dress was perhaps overdoing it just a bit
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as in enlarged
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as in excessive
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for overdone
Adjective
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The weather service predicts that parts of Maryland remain at risk for excessive rainfall and the potential for flash floods.—
Chevall Pryce,
Baltimore Sun,
14 July 2025 -
Whether your hair is naturally dry or parched from excessive color treatments and heat styling, brittle strands are a stubborn bummer.—
Annie Blackman,
Glamour,
14 July 2025
Adjective
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Jeffrey Harris, a former prosecutor with the Southern District of New York, said jurors might have agreed that the prosecution’s case was overwrought from the start.—
Daniel Arkin,
NBC news,
2 July 2025
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The narrative is deliberately overwrought and overwritten.—
Thomas Mallon,
New Yorker,
30 June 2025
Adjective
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Teenage emotions are unpredictable and often exaggerated, so the end of a boy band who had consumed so much of my mind for so long was devastating.—
Sam Woodward,
USA Today,
23 July 2025
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Israel says its forces have only fired warning shots and that the death toll is exaggerated.—
Wafaa Shurafa,
Chicago Tribune,
23 July 2025
Adjective
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Sandler’s portrayal of Happy Gilmore has become one of his most famous for his over-the-top comedic anger, which turns more heartfelt as the film progresses.—
Skyler Trepel,
People.com,
26 July 2025
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He was best known for his over-the-top showmanship, having adapted a charismatic, all-American persona that helped bring professional wrestling to the mainstream.—
EW.com,
EW.com,
24 July 2025
Adjective
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Breaking up the wearying journey, devotees gather for outbreaks of extravagant revelry – ground-shaking music and dancing fueled by devotion, ganja and alcohol, as befits in their eyes Shiva, the Hindu god of destruction and renewal, to whom the festival is dedicated.—
Aishwarya S. Iyer,
CNN Money,
25 July 2025
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Trump and his allies have seized on the project as evidence of wasteful spending by alleging the Fed’s building revamp of including extravagant rooftop gardens, VIP elevators, and high-end dining rooms—claims Powell and the Fed have strongly denied.—
Lily Mae Lazarus,
Fortune,
23 July 2025
Adjective
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Proponents argued that most concerns were overblown.—
Blake Nelson,
San Diego Union-Tribune,
10 July 2025
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Steve Eisman, the investor who called the subprime mortgage crisis, said fears of the massive size of the federal budget deficit may be overblown.—
Yun Li,
CNBC,
8 July 2025
Adjective
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At the time, unnatural hair color was considered gaudy, a threat to the beloved ingenue aesthetic boasted by female stars such as Audrey Hepburn.—
Kaleigh Werner,
Footwear News,
30 June 2025
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But Oklahoma City engulfs basketball’s gaudiest attacks not in spite of its hacking but because of it.—
Fred Katz,
New York Times,
16 June 2025
Adjective
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Crystal Skull is easily Spielberg’s laziest, sloppiest work — even the action sequences seem phoned-in — and it’s filled with unforgivable howlers: Shia LaBeouf’s limp attempt at being a bad boy, Cate Blanchett’s hammy villain, the goddamn fridge scene.—
Tim Grierson,
Vulture,
20 June 2025
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The tone is maddeningly ambiguous, somewhere between stupid and serious, hammy and apocalyptic—in other words, consummate Crews.—
Charlie Lee,
Harpers Magazine,
18 June 2025
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“Overdone.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/overdone. Accessed 30 Jul. 2025.
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