Synonyms for overdone

Grammar : Adj

Spell : oh-ver-duhn

Phonetic Transcription : ˌoʊ vərˈdʌn

Définition of overdone

Origin : Old English ofer-done "carried to excess;" see overdo. Of cooking from 1680s.

adj overcooked
adj excessive

Example sentences :

Linda realized that she had overdone her disinterestedness a trifle.
Extract from : « Her Father's Daughter » by Gene Stratton-Porter

I tell you I was overdone with this terrific weather that seemed to have no end to it.
Extract from : « The Secret Sharer » by Joseph Conrad

Its humor, too, is of a worthier sort, less likely to be forced and overdone.
Extract from : « Mark Twain, A Biography, 1835-1910, Complete » by Albert Bigelow Paine

It was vulgar, it was overdone, it was absurd, but it was alive.
Extract from : « Appreciations and Criticisms of the Works of Charles Dickens » by G. K. Chesterton

He sat down amid a dead silence, conscious he had overdone it.
Extract from : « Follow My leader » by Talbot Baines Reed

Reticence and secretiveness are excellent things in their way; but this too may be overdone.
Extract from : « My New Curate » by P.A. Sheehan

There was a little tremble in his tone, artistic and not overdone.
Extract from : « Mr. Grex of Monte Carlo » by E. Phillips Oppenheim

Cultivation is also, of course, carried on; it can never be overdone.
Extract from : « Ranching, Sport and Travel » by Thomas Carson

If some malignant fairy had meant to curse him in this respect, she had overdone her malice.
Extract from : « The Way of All Flesh » by Samuel Butler

The pupils at the Villa Camellia were not overdone with public meetings.
Extract from : « The Jolliest School of All » by Angela Brazil

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