overripe

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adjective

Excessively ripe; spoiled; gone bad.

Similar
ripemature
OriginEnglish ripe ← Middle English over- ← Old English ofer- →
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Meanings

adjectiveoverripe (comparative more overripe, superlative most overripe)

comparative more overripe · superlative most overripe · alternative over-ripe

  1. Excessively ripe; spoiled; gone bad.

Synonyms & antonyms

adjectivetoo ripe and beginning to turn soft

Similar
ripemature
Also see
matureripe

Synonym sets from Open English WordNet, CC BY 4.0.

Origin

  1. Proto-Indo-European*úp
  2. Proto-Indo-European*upér
  3. Proto-Germanic*uber
  4. Old Englishofer-
  5. Middle Englishover-
  6. Englishover-
  7. Englishripe
  8. Englishoverripe

From over- + ripe.

Full word history & related roots →

Translations

Arabic مُتَفَسِّخ, مُفْرِط اَلنُّضْج
  • مُتَفَسِّخ (mutafassiḵ)excessively ripe; spoiled; gone bad
  • مُفْرِط اَلنُّضْج (mufriṭ an-nuḍj)excessively ripe; spoiled; gone bad
Bulgarian презрял
  • презрял (prezrjal)excessively ripe; spoiled; gone bad
Czech přezrálý
  • přezrálýexcessively ripe; spoiled; gone bad
Dutch overrijp
  • overrijpexcessively ripe; spoiled; gone bad
Finnish ylikypsä
  • ylikypsäexcessively ripe; spoiled; gone bad
French blet
  • bletexcessively ripe; spoiled; gone bad
German überreif
  • überreifexcessively ripe; spoiled; gone bad
Irish críon-aibí, cianaibí
  • críon-aibíexcessively ripe; spoiled; gone bad
  • cianaibíexcessively ripe; spoiled; gone bad
Italian sovramaturo
  • sovramaturoexcessively ripe; spoiled; gone bad
Latin fracidus
  • fracidusexcessively ripe; spoiled; gone bad
Māori tāromiromi
  • tāromiromiexcessively ripe; spoiled; gone bad
Norwegian Bokmål overmoden
  • overmodenexcessively ripe; spoiled; gone bad
Polish przejrzały
  • przejrzałyexcessively ripe; spoiled; gone bad
Russian перезре́лый
  • перезре́лый (perezrélyj)excessively ripe; spoiled; gone bad
Spanish pasado, sobremaduro
  • pasadoexcessively ripe; spoiled; gone bad
  • sobremaduroexcessively ripe; spoiled; gone bad
Swedish övermogen
  • övermogenexcessively ripe; spoiled; gone bad
Thai งอม
  • งอม (ngɔɔm)excessively ripe; spoiled; gone bad
Vietnamese chín nẫu, nẫu
  • chín nẫuexcessively ripe; spoiled; gone bad
  • nẫuexcessively ripe; spoiled; gone bad
  • giàexcessively ripe; spoiled; gone bad
Welsh goraeddfed
  • goraeddfedexcessively ripe; spoiled; gone bad
Cite this entry
APA

overripe. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 4, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/overripe

MLA

“overripe.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/overripe. Accessed November 4, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “overripe,” accessed November 4, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/overripe.

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