overdressed

1. 1.

   dressed too elaborately

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Questions about overdressed

What does overdressed mean?

overdressed means "dressed too elaborately".

How many syllables are in overdressed?

overdressed has 3 syllables and divides as over-dres-sed under the regular spelling rules. It is not in the CMU Pronouncing Dictionary, so that comes from how the word is written rather than from a recorded pronunciation, and no stress or phonetic transcription is claimed for it.

Is overdressed a common word?

overdressed is banded "Uncommon" — turns up in careful writing rather than conversation. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.