overdoing

Meaning of overdoing

verb, gerund or present participle
  1. do, use, or carry to excess; exaggerate.
    she rather overdoes the early cockney scenes
    I'd overdone the garlic in the curry

Old English oferdōn (see over-, do1).

Information about overdoing

  • It is a verb.
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Hyphenation of overdoing

over-do-ing

  • It consists of 3 syllables and 9 chars.
  • overdoing is a word trisyllabic because it has three syllables

overdoing synonyms

Meaning represent (something) as being larger, better, or worse than it really is:

exaggerate

Meaning state too strongly; exaggerate:

overstate, overstated

Meaning place excessive emphasis on:

overemphasize, overemphasized

Meaning give undue importance to; overemphasize:

overplay

Meaning exaggerate the seriousness or importance of (an incident or situation):

dramatize

Meaning react to or portray (something) in an excessively dramatic manner:

overdramatize

Meaning misrepresent by distortion or exaggeration:

colour

Meaning decorate (cloth) by sewing patterns on it with thread:

embroider

Meaning make (something) more attractive by the addition of decorative details or features:

embellish

Meaning make (something) too ornate or complicated:

overembellish

Meaning fill (a balloon, tyre, or other expandable structure) with air or gas so that it becomes distended:

inflate

Meaning increase the volume of (sound), especially using an amplifier:

amplify

Meaning make (something) appear larger than it is, especially with a lens or microscope:

magnify

Meaning more than is necessary, normal, or desirable; immoderate:

excessive

Meaning unwarranted or inappropriate because excessive or disproportionate:

undue

Meaning not sensible or restrained; excessive:

immoderate

Meaning unusually or disproportionately large; excessive:

inordinate

Meaning too large or too small in comparison with something else:

disproportionate

Meaning distended through being filled with air or gas:

inflated

Meaning (of a person) having to work beyond their capacity or strength:

overworked

Meaning too ripe; past its best:

overripe

Meaning regarded or represented as larger, better, or worse than in reality:

exaggerated

Meaning lacking restraint in spending money or using resources:

extravagant

Meaning showing or expressing gratitude, pleasure, or approval in an unrestrained or heartfelt manner:

effusive

Meaning (of speech or writing) effusive or exaggeratedly enthusiastic:

gushing

Meaning complimentary or flattering to an excessive degree:

fulsome

Meaning obtained or imposed by coercion or physical power:

forced

Meaning influenced or touched by an external factor:

affected

Meaning relating to acting, actors, or the theatre:

theatrical

Meaning relating to melodrama:

melodramatic

Meaning excessively theatrical; exaggerated:

stagy

Meaning live for a time in a tent, especially while on holiday:

camp

overdoing antonyms

Meaning describe or represent (something) as being smaller or less good or important than it really is:

understate

Meaning presented or expressed in a subtle and effective way:

understated

Anagrams of overdoing

ingrooved

Words that rhyme with overdoing

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