What does overserious mean?

overserious means "excessively serious".

How many syllables are in overserious?

overserious has 5 syllables: o-ver-se-ri-ous. The stress falls on "ri".

Is overserious a common word?

overserious is banded "Rare" — specialist or archaic — most readers will not have met it. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.

overserious — meaning, pronunciation and definition

adjective

1 senseA word that describes or qualifies a noun.

1.
excessively serious
Similarserious

Questions about overserious

What does overserious mean?: overserious means "excessively serious".
How many syllables are in overserious?: overserious has 5 syllables: o-ver-se-ri-ous. The stress falls on "ri".
Is overserious a common word?: overserious is banded "Rare" — specialist or archaic — most readers will not have met it. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.

Definitions, synonyms and semantic relations for overserious come from Princeton University’s WordNet. Commonness is measured against a corpus of everyday English. Full sources and licences.

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