over-the-top
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5.2
- adjective
- /ˌoʊvər ðə tɑp/
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exagerado
- The decorations for the party were so over-the-top that it felt like a movie set.
- way over-the-top
- a bit over-the-top
- a little over-the-top
The days to come will include over the top reactions by the media.
- The days to come will include over the top reactions by the media.
- And what really kicked it over the top was the album, the soundtrack.
- I mean, it's candid semi, but it's over the top, amazing looking, this chick.
- They are so over the top you think they cannot be real.
- Oh yeah OK, go over the top In the final episode.
- I don't know, it feels more over the top than champagne and caviar.
- He was also known for just being very over the top and carry like big personality.
- So there's no there's no over the top showmanship.
- So really, really large, large, large returns, like over the top, unusually high returns.
- It was sort of this, you know, a little over the top expression.
Examples
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It's so over the top.
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A little over the top for the office?
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It's really cool and just very over the top and I love it.
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It's like at first it seems so over the top, it seems so extra.
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This is perhaps a little over the top.
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That was way over the top.
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I can try, but it probably will still be too over the top for some.
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Our main character is so over the top dramatic.
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The days to come will include over the top reactions by the media.
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I'm impressed when someone can do a unique and over-the-top magic trick.
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Synonyms
224
3.6
More than is needed or reasonable
98
4.2
Too high to be fair or reasonable
32
7.7
Being too eager and causing problems
28
5.7
Exaggerated and showy in style or speech
28
8.2
Acting in a way that is too rude or hurtful to others
1
6.8
Saying something with too much force so it sounds fake
Made to seem bigger or more important than it really is
Too decorated so it looks showy and not natural
Having goals or ideas that are too high and unrealistic
Antonyms
How Excessive
Surface Forms
Morphology
Etymology
Over-the-top comes from World War I, when soldiers climbed 'over the top' of their trenches to charge into battle, a loud and dangerous move beyond safety, so today over-the-top means 'extremely excessive' or more than what is normal.