Definitions
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English
- adj. marked by elaborate rhetoric and many figures of speech.
from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
- adj. excessively elaborate or showily expressed
Etymologies
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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)
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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.
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He's all about simplicity, which in itself is special when so many designs lately are over-embellished.
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This strange over-embellished silver coat gets a massive thumbs down from me....
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Shoes have been vertiginously high, preposterously over-embellished, with platforms you could stage small concerts on.
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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.
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Kanye West must forget we're in a recession! sneaker line, Kanye West for Louis Vutton, will start retailing at $840 - with some pairs of the over-embellished sneaks reaching over $1,000 dollars!!!
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I feel silly in skinny pants, patterned pants, over-embellished jeans, etc.
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Every holiday season, the painfully beautiful models of Victoria's Secret storm the runway in brilliant, over-embellished versions of the brand's upcoming lingerie
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