overelaborate

[oh-ver-i-lab-er-it, oh-ver-i-lab-uh-reyt] / ˈoʊ vər ɪˈlæb ər ɪt, ˌoʊ vər ɪˈlæb əˌreɪt /

ADJECTIVE

ornate

Synonyms

STRONGEST

baroque beautiful elegant embroidered fancy gaudy gilded glamorous lavish magnificent opulent rococo sparkling sumptuous

WEAK

adorned aureate bedecked bright brilliant busy colored convoluted dazzling elaborate fine flamboyant flashy flaunting florid flowery fussy glitzy glossy high-wrought jeweled luscious meretricious ornamented ostentatious overdone pretentious resplendent rich showy splashy superficial tawdry variegated

Antonyms

STRONGEST

dull offensive plain poor ugly unsophisticated

WEAK

simple

VERB

embroider

Synonyms

STRONGEST

embellish

STRONG

aggrandize amplify color distend dramatize elaborate enhance enlarge expand falsify fudge heighten hyperbolize lie magnify overdo overemphasize overestimate overstate pad puff romanticize stretch

WEAK

blow-up build up make federal case make mountain out of molehill overembellish play up spread on thick stretch the truth yeast

Antonyms

STRONG

abridge compress condense contract curtail decrease diminish lessen lower reduce shorten shrink simplify

Example Sentences

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Without overelaborating Rodgers' harmonies or interfering with the tunes themselves, Kostal added a patina of Hollywood polish to the score that greatly enriches our listening experience.

From The Guardian • Aug. 11, 2010

He did it quietly and thoroughly, neither shirking nor overelaborating the minutest detail.

From The Voice of the People by Glasgow, Ellen Anderson Gholson

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