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overembellish

overembellish verb: to embellish excessively.

Verb

overembellish (third-person singular simple present overembellishes, present participle overembellishing, simple past and past participle overembellished)

  1. To embellish excessively.

Forms of overembellish

third-person singular presentoverembellishes
present participleoverembellishing
past participleoverembellished
pastoverembellished

Origin of overembellish

From over- + embellish.

Questions about overembellish

What does overembellish mean?
Overembellish means to embellish excessively.
What part of speech is overembellish?
Overembellish is a verb.
What is the past tense of overembellish?
The past tense of overembellish is overembellished.

Words near overembellish in the dictionary

  1. overelongated
  2. overelongates
  3. overelongating
  4. overelongation
  5. overelongations
  6. overembellish
  7. overembellished
  8. overembellishes
  9. overembellishing
  10. overembellishment
  11. overembellishments

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