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overred

overred adjective: excessively red.

Adjective

overred (comparative more overred, superlative most overred)

  1. Excessively red.
    • Worse was the overgrown persimmon tree outside the window of my old room. Its overred fruit looked obscene.2002, Carole Lawrence, Looking for Mary Gabriel, page 139

Forms of overred

comparativemore overred
superlativemost overred

Origin of overred

From over- + red.

Questions about overred

What does overred mean?
Overred means excessively red.
What part of speech is overred?
Overred is an adjective.

Words near overred in the dictionary

  1. overrecruit
  2. overrecruited
  3. overrecruiting
  4. overrecruitment
  5. overrecruits
  6. overred
  7. overreduced
  8. overreduction
  9. overreductions
  10. overreference
  11. overreferenced

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