Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

over-zealous

Word Rarity Rare

Frequency: 2.99 in modern English

Syllables: over-zeal-ous
IPA

23

Scrabble Score

11

Letters

3

Syllables

9

Unique Chars

Meaning

adj

Alternative spelling of overzealous.

Example Sentences

"Long afterward I learned that I was shadowed for six months by Secret Service men in the fear that I might be assaulted by some over-zealous union man. Of this I was not aware at the time, or I should have taken steps to have prevented it."
"By the 11th, however, feeling between the rival companies had penetrated down to the "lower ranks," for on that day some over-zealous officials of the Midland caused the Lancashire & Yorkshire metals to be pulled up at Methley Junction."

Inflected Forms

more over-zealous (comparative) most over-zealous (superlative)

Questions

What does over-zealous mean?: Alternative spelling of overzealous.

How to pronounce over-zealous

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