Meanings
adjectiveovernice (comparative more overnice, superlative most overnice)
comparative more overnice · superlative most overnice
- Excessively nice or fastidious.
Synonyms & antonyms
adjectiveexcessively fastidious and easily disgusted
Synonym sets from Open English WordNet, CC BY 4.0.
Origin
- Proto-Indo-European*úp
- Proto-Indo-European*upér
- Proto-Germanic*uber
- Old Englishofer-
- Middle Englishover-
- Englishover-
- Englishnice
- Englishovernice
Translations
Bulgarian прекалено придирчив
- прекалено придирчив (prekaleno pridirčiv)excessively nice
Icelandic from úr hófi vandlátur, from úr hófi vandlát
- from úr hófi vandláturexcessively nice
- from úr hófi vandlátexcessively nice
- from úr hófi vandláttexcessively nice
- allt of vandfýsinnexcessively nice
- allt of vandfýsinexcessively nice
- allt of vandfýsiðexcessively nice
Russian слаща́вый, сентиментальный
- слаща́вый (slaščávyj)excessively nice
- сентиментальный (sentimentalʹnyj)excessively nice
Cite this entry
APA
overnice. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/overnice
MLA
“overnice.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/overnice. Accessed November 3, 2026.
Chicago
WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “overnice,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/overnice.
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