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overdress
WORDNET DICTIONARY
Verb overdress has 2 senses
- overdress(v = verb.body) overclothe - dress too warmly; "You should not overclothe the child--she will be too hot" is one way to apparel, clothe, dress, enclothe, fit out, garb, garment, habilitate, raiment, tog
- overdress(v = verb.body) attire, deck out, deck up, dress up, fancy up, fig out, fig up, get up, gussy up, prink, rig out, tog out, tog up, trick out, trick up - put on special clothes to appear particularly appealing and attractive; "She never dresses up, even when she goes to the opera"; "The young girls were all fancied up for the party" is one way to dress, get dressed
Antonym: underdress
Sample sentence:
Somebody ----s somebody
Antonym: underdress
Sample sentences:
Somebody ----s
Somebody ----s somebody
CIDE DICTIONARY
overdress, v. t.
To dress or adorn to excess; to dress too much; to dress too formally for an informal occasion. Pope. [1913 Webster]
OXFORD DICTIONARY
overdress, v. & n.
--v.
1 tr. dress with too much display or formality.
2 intr. overdress oneself.
--n. a dress worn over another dress or a blouse etc.
--v.
1 tr. dress with too much display or formality.
2 intr. overdress oneself.
--n. a dress worn over another dress or a blouse etc.
THESAURUS
overdress
bedizen, deck out, dizen, doll up, dress up, fancy up, fig out, get up, gussy up, prank, pretty up, primp, prink, rag out, slick up, spruce up, titivate, trick out, trick up
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