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over-respect

over-respect is the alternative form of overrespect.

Meaning of overrespect

Verb

overrespect (third-person singular simple present overrespects, present participle overrespecting, simple past and past participle overrespected)

  1. (transitive) To show excessive respect for (something or someone).
    • People who were timid and liberals who overrespected him, old man William treated icily. He stood on the porch with hands in his pockets, rocking on his slanted heels, squinting with his webbed eyes, wearing a curl to his lips.1997, Jere Hoar, “The Incredible Little Louisiana Chicken Killer”, in Body Parts, Jackson, MS: University Press of Mississippi, →ISBN, page 243

Forms of over-respect

third-person singular presentover-respects
present participleover-respecting
past participleover-respected
pastover-respected

Questions about over-respect

What is over-respect the alternative form of?
Over-respect is the alternative form of overrespect.

Words near over-respect in the dictionary

  1. over-recruiting
  2. over-recruits
  3. over-redact
  4. over-redaction
  5. over-reliance
  6. over-respect
  7. over-respected
  8. over-respecting
  9. over-respects
  10. over-richness
  11. over-ridden

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