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overrespectful

overrespectful adjective: excessively respectful.

Adjective

overrespectful (comparative more overrespectful, superlative most overrespectful)

  1. Excessively respectful.

Forms of overrespectful

comparativemore overrespectful
superlativemost overrespectful

Origin of overrespectful

From over- + respectful.

Questions about overrespectful

What does overrespectful mean?
Overrespectful means excessively respectful.
What part of speech is overrespectful?
Overrespectful is an adjective.

Words near overrespectful in the dictionary

  1. overreserving
  2. overresolute
  3. overresourced
  4. overrespect
  5. overrespected
  6. overrespectful
  7. overrespecting
  8. overrespects
  9. overrespond
  10. overresponded
  11. overresponder

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