to overlard

Examples

• All

• Some television commercials overlard their message with dramatic music and flashy graphics.

• The chef tends to overlard the dishes with unnecessary spices.

• If you overlard your soup with rich ingredients, the flavors may become overwhelming.

• She tried not to overlard her essay with too many quotations.

• If you overlard your soup with rich ingredients, the flavors may become overwhelming.

• She tried not to overlard her essay with too many quotations.

• The chef often overlards his dishes, making them too rich for most diners.

Synonyms

P

to pad

vsto overlard

19 6.5

To add extra, unnecessary details to make something seem bigger or better

involves more general heavy embellishment or stuffing that can harm the thing

O

to overcomplicate

vsto overlard

3 5.8

Make something harder than it needs to be

centres on adding surplus content or ingredients rather than just complexity

O

to overstuff

vsto overlard

3 4.6

To put too much into something so it cannot close or is too full

uses a similar idea of excess but focuses on content or ingredients rather than space

M

to make a meal of

vsto overlard

• Informal

1 8.3

Act as if something is much more difficult or important than it is

is more literal, meaning to burden or embellish with excessive content or ingredients

O

to overegg the pudding

vsto overlard

• UK

9.9

To add too many details and ruin something

is a general act of burdening with too much content or ingredients causing harm

O

to overelaborate

vsto overlard

8.1

To add too much detail and make something more complicated than needed

focuses more broadly on burdening or embellishing beyond usefulness

O

to overexpand

vsto overlard

5.3

To make writing or an answer longer than necessary

is broader, covering any excessive addition of content or ingredients that hurts quality

O

to overdefine

vsto overlard

7.5

To give too much detail when explaining something

is wider in scope, applying to all kinds of overadded content or adornment

O

to overexplain

vsto overlard

6.0

To give more explanation than needed and make things confusing or boring

applies more generally to burdening with excess content or decorative elements

O

to overtell

vsto overlard

7.7

To tell a story too often or with too many details so it becomes boring

covers broader excessive addition or embellishment, not only repetition or frequency

Antonyms

S

to simplify

99 2.5

Make something easier to understand or use

U

to understate

18 5.2

To make something seem smaller or less important than it really is

How Burdened

to overlard

9.9

to overdo

58 3.6

to embellish

10 6.3

to add

∞ 1.0

Surface Forms

Morphology

Etymology