overdone

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UK/ˌəʊ.vəˈdʌn/US/ˌoʊ.vɚˈdʌn/

adjective

Cooked too much.

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overcookedover the topclichédoverusedoverworkedbanalbatheticbromidic
OriginMiddle English overdon ← Old English oferdōn →
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Meanings

adjectiveoverdone (comparative more overdone, superlative most overdone)

comparative more overdone · superlative most overdone

  1. Cooked too much.

    Synonyms: overcooked

  2. Exaggerated; overwrought.

    There are lots of pauses and little detours, hitchings-up of their smocks, inspection of the soles of their feet, some rather overdone limping.

    1997, Lawrence Norfolk, The Pope's Rhinoceros

    Synonyms: over the top

  3. Repeated too often; hackneyed.

    Synonyms: clichéd, overused, overworked, banal, bathetic, bromidic, cheesy, stock

verb
  1. participlepastpast participle of overdo

Synonyms & antonyms

adjectiveCooked too much.

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overcooked

adjectiveExaggerated; overwrought.

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over the top

adjectiveRepeated too often; hackneyed.

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clichédoverusedoverworkedbanalbatheticbromidiccheesystockclichédcommonplacecornydog-earedhackneyedhoaryoverusedoverworkedpatplayed outshopworn

More synonyms by meaning

adjectiverepresented as greater than is true or reasonable

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exaggeratedoverstatedimmoderate

adjectivecooked too long but still edible

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cooked
Also see
banalbatheticbeatenbromidiccheesyclichédcommonplaceconventionalcornyexaggeratedhackneyhackneyedimmoderateovercookedoverstatedoverusedoverworkedpatplayed outshopwornstalethreadbaretimeworntiredtritewarmed-overwell-worn

Synonym sets from Open English WordNet, CC BY 4.0.

Origin

  1. Old Englishoferdōn
  2. Middle Englishoverdon
  3. Englishoverdone

From Middle English overdon, from Old English oferdōn, equivalent to over- + done.

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Rhymes & wordplay

Rhymes with overdone

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APA

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MLA

“overdone.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/overdone. Accessed November 2, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “overdone,” accessed November 2, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/overdone.

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