Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

over-embellished

Word Rarity Rare

Frequency: 3.09 in modern English

Syllables: over-em-bel-lished
IPA

26

Scrabble Score

15

Letters

4

Syllables

11

Unique Chars

Meaning

s

excessively elaborate or showily expressed

Example Sentences

"a writer of empurpled literature"
"many purple passages"
"an over-embellished story of the fish that got away"

Synonyms

empurpled purple

Questions

What does over-embellished mean?: excessively elaborate or showily expressed

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