Definitions
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- adjective marked by elaborate rhetoric and many figures of speech.
from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
- adjective excessively elaborate or showily expressed
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Examples
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The second, quieter faction, are those who are fascinated with the case but believe that it was a hoax or that the story was grossly over-embellished, and I think this group, like myself, are more interested in the murders that prompted the whole case.
Alexandra Holzer: Amityville Horror's Shattered: Director Ryan Katzenbach 'Hopes'-Part 1 (PHOTOS) Alexandra Holzer 2012
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The second, quieter faction, are those who are fascinated with the case but believe that it was a hoax or that the story was grossly over-embellished, and I think this group, like myself, are more interested in the murders that prompted the whole case.
Alexandra Holzer: Amityville Horror's Shattered: Director Ryan Katzenbach 'Hopes'-Part 1 (PHOTOS) Alexandra Holzer 2012
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When one over-embellished shirt style sold poorly at Atrium, a store in New York, Five Four took it back and sent other shirts.
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Oh, the general concepts appeal to me--the peasant skirts, the flowy shapes and gypsyish attitude, but it's all over-embellished and overwrought with beading and sequins and tacky lace.
busy, busy Holly 2006
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Oh, the general concepts appeal to me--the peasant skirts, the flowy shapes and gypsyish attitude, but it's all over-embellished and overwrought with beading and sequins and tacky lace.
Archive 2006-04-01 Holly 2006
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This strange over-embellished silver coat gets a massive thumbs down from me....
WalesOnline - Home 2010
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Shoes have been vertiginously high, preposterously over-embellished, with platforms you could stage small concerts on.
The Guardian World News Polly Vernon, Eva Wiseman 2010
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He's all about simplicity, which in itself is special when so many designs lately are over-embellished.
The Jewelry Weblog 2010
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He's all about simplicity, which in itself is special when so many designs lately are over-embellished.
The Jewelry Weblog 2010
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Never over-embellished, just flat out delicious, whether it's her pie topped with radicchio, escarole, guanciale and a molten-centered fried egg or one with graceful tomato sauce, burrata and squash blossoms.
unknown title 2009
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