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overserious

overserious adjective: excessively serious.

Adjective

overserious (comparative more overserious, superlative most overserious)

  1. Excessively serious.

Forms of overserious

comparativemore overserious
superlativemost overserious

Origin of overserious

From over- + serious.

Words formed from overserious

Questions about overserious

What does overserious mean?
Overserious means excessively serious.
What part of speech is overserious?
Overserious is an adjective.

Words near overserious in the dictionary

  1. oversentimentalize
  2. oversentimentalized
  3. oversentimentalizes
  4. oversentimentalizing
  5. oversentimentally
  6. overserious
  7. overseriously
  8. overseriousness
  9. overserve
  10. overserved
  11. overserves

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