overrespect

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verb

To show excessive respect for (something or someone).

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Meanings

verboverrespect (third-person singular simple present overrespects, present participle overrespecting, simple past and past participle overrespected)

present singular third person overrespects · participle present overrespecting · participle past overrespected · past overrespected · alternative over-respect

  1. transitiveTo show excessive respect for (something or someone).

    People who were timid and liberals who overrespected him, old man William treated icily. He stood on the porch with hands in his pockets, rocking on his slanted heels, squinting with his webbed eyes, wearing a curl to his lips.

    1997, Jere Hoar, “The Incredible Little Louisiana Chicken Killer”, in Body Parts, Jackson, MS: University Press of Mississippi, →ISBN, page 243
nounoverrespect (plural not attested)

alternative over-respect

  1. countableno pluraluncountableExcessive respect.

Origin

From over- + respect.

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APA

overrespect. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/overrespect

MLA

“overrespect.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/overrespect. Accessed November 3, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “overrespect,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/overrespect.

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