overdecorate
verb
over·dec·o·rate
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overdecorated;
overdecorating
Definition of overdecorate
: to decorate (something) too elaborately or extensively
The children overdecorated the cake. overdecorated the Christmas tree with ornaments and tinsel "After the years of excess and overdecorating … people are reverting to a more classic and simple way of living."— David Easton
Other Words from overdecorate
overdecorated
adjective
… rejected overdecorated Victorian styles in favor of a spare simplicity that featured geometric shapes and unadorned surfaces.
— Jonathan Raimes and Lakshmi Bhaskaran
The Depression-era set decoration is perfect, and you get to appreciate all of it because Haynes lingers on each stucco bungalow, each deserted seaside road, each overdecorated Beverly Hills manse.
— Stephen King
overdecoration
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noun
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noun
The simple lines sketched by the architects avoided any effect of massiveness or overdecoration.
— Paul W. Keating
During the Renaissance and post-Renaissance, when urban development produced an air of luxury and richness, there was an ever-increasing tendency toward overdecoration—to a point where the original form was lost and the function obscured.
— Henry Dreyfuss
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