overdo
verb
[ əʊvəˈduː ]
• do, use, or carry to excess; exaggerate.
• "she rather overdoes the early cockney scenes"
Similar:
exaggerate,
overstate,
do to death,
overemphasize,
overplay,
go overboard with,
dramatize,
overdramatize,
colour,
embroider,
embellish,
overembellish,
inflate,
amplify,
magnify,
blow up,
blow up out of all proportion,
ham up,
make a (big) thing of/about,
pile on,
lay it on thick,
lay it on with a trowel,
make a production of,
make a big deal out of,
camp up,
pull the longbow,
have/do/use/drink too much …,
overindulge in,
carry too far,
carry to extremes,
not know when to stop,
be intemperate,
excessive,
too much,
undue,
immoderate,
inordinate,
disproportionate,
inflated,
beyond the pale,
overstated,
overworked,
overripe,
laboured,
exaggerated,
over-elaborate,
overemphasized,
extravagant,
over-enthusiastic,
effusive,
over-effusive,
gushing,
fulsome,
highly coloured,
sensationalistic,
forced,
affected,
theatrical,
melodramatic,
stagy,
actorly,
a bit much,
over the top,
OTT,
hyped up,
laid on with a trowel,
camp,
Origin:
Old English oferdōn (see over-, do1).
