over-dressed
Word Rarity
Uncommon
Frequency: Zipf frequency 4.41 in modern English
16
Scrabble Score
11
Letters
3
Syllables
6
Unique Chars
Meaning
adj
Example Sentences
- "He was much over-dressed, in a gaudy vest of many colors, a blue neckerchief, bedropped gayly with yellow spots, and arranged with a flaunting tie, quite in keeping with the general air of the man."
- "He was a vulgar, over-dressed fellow, of about thirty-five or forty, of slender yet sinewy build. He wore a plum-colored overcoat, lavender kids, patent-leather shoes, and a shiny silk hat."
- "In strange contrast to her depressing appearance, there sat beside her an over-dressed, much behatted, peroxided young woman, who bore the stamp of the profession all over her pretty, painted face."
- "They both lived on money of their own, and were wearisomely idle and over-dressed."
Inflected Forms
more over-dressed (comparative)
most over-dressed (superlative)