OVERDRESSED

overdressed

(adjective) dressed too elaborately

Source: WordNet® 3.1


Etymology

Adjective

overdressed (comparative more overdressed, superlative most overdressed)

Wearing too many clothes for the weather or the occasion.

Wearing clothes too formal or too elaborate for the occasion.

Synonyms

• overclothed

Antonyms

• underdressed

Verb

overdressed

simple past tense and past participle of overdress

Source: Wiktionary


OVERDRESS

O`ver*dress", v. t.

Definition: To dress or adorn to excess; to dress too much. Pope.

Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition



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UNAMBIGUOUS

(adjective) having or exhibiting a single clearly defined meaning; “As a horror, apartheid...is absolutely unambiguous”- Mario Vargas Llosa


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