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oversung

oversung is the simple past and past participle of oversing.

Meaning of oversing

Verb

oversing (third-person singular simple present oversings, present participle oversinging, simple past oversang, past participle oversung)

  1. To sing with too much effort or embellishment.
    • Though his songs are hugely ambitious — the majestic bombast of “Llueve Por Dentro,” or the blithe, sinuous dance-pop of “La Mentira” — Mr. Fonsi never oversings them, an impressive demonstration of restraint.2009 February 8, Jon Caramanica, “Voices Newly Amplified by Grammy Nominations”, in New York Times

Questions about oversung

What is oversung the simple past and past participle of?
Oversung is the simple past and past participle of oversing.

Words near oversung in the dictionary

  1. oversummered
  2. oversummering
  3. oversummers
  4. oversumming
  5. oversums
  6. oversung
  7. oversup
  8. oversuperlative
  9. oversuperstitious
  10. oversupinate
  11. oversupinated

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Adapted from Wiktionary: oversung (page history and authors); oversing (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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