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over-dressed

over-dressed is the alternative form of overdressed.

Meaning of overdressed

Adjective

overdressed (comparative more overdressed, superlative most overdressed)

  1. Wearing too many clothes for the weather or the occasion.
    • Almost all babies get heat rash during hot weather. However, heat rash can occur even in cold weather if your child is overdressed either during the daytime or the nighttime.1994, Ira J. Chasnoff, “Heat Rash”, in Your Child: A Medical Guide, page 297
  2. Wearing clothes too formal or too elaborate for the occasion.
    • Not, a thousand times not, that she should be overdressed. An overdressed Angel is a contradiction in terms. We associate not angelic attributes with the gorgeous attire and plenipotent jewellery of a Houndsditch Hebrewess. Just as the man who is got up in the loudest of loud costumes, and hangs...1870 October, Perceval Picard, “House Angel in Trim Array”, in The New Monthly Magazine, volume 147, number 598, page 387

Forms of over-dressed

comparativemore over-dressed
superlativemost over-dressed

Questions about over-dressed

What is over-dressed the alternative form of?
Over-dressed is the alternative form of overdressed.

Words near over-dressed in the dictionary

  1. over-dimensional
  2. over-diversified
  3. over-diversifies
  4. over-diversify
  5. over-diversifying
  6. over-dressed
  7. over-eat
  8. over-educate
  9. over-educated
  10. over-educates
  11. over-educating

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