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overripe

overripe adjective: excessively ripe; spoiled; gone bad.

Adjective

overripe (comparative more overripe, superlative most overripe)

  1. Excessively ripe; spoiled; gone bad.

overripe meaning in Bengali, Arabic, Thai and Vietnamese

overripe in Bengali

অতিরিক্ত পাকা, পচা, নষ্ট হয়ে যাওয়া

overripe in Arabic

excessively ripe; spoiled; gone bad
مُتَفَسِّخ mutafassiḵ, مُفْرِط اَلنُّضْج mufriṭ an-nuḍj

overripe in Thai

excessively ripe; spoiled; gone bad
งอม ngɔɔm

overripe in Vietnamese

excessively ripe; spoiled; gone bad
chín nẫu, nẫu, già

Forms of overripe

comparativemore overripe
superlativemost overripe
alternative formover-ripe

Origin of overripe

From over- + ripe.

Words formed from overripe

Questions about overripe

What does overripe mean?
Overripe means excessively ripe; spoiled; gone bad.
What is overripe in Bengali?
Overripe in Bengali is অতিরিক্ত পাকা, পচা, নষ্ট হয়ে যাওয়া. See Overripe meaning in Bengali.
What part of speech is overripe?
Overripe is an adjective.

Words near overripe in the dictionary

  1. overrigorously
  2. overrim
  3. overring
  4. overringing
  5. overrings
  6. overripe
  7. overripely
  8. overripen
  9. overripened
  10. overripeness
  11. overripening

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