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Overdress   /ˈoʊvərdrˌɛs/   Listen
Overdress

verb
1.
Dress too warmly.  Synonym: overclothe.
2.
Put on special clothes to appear particularly appealing and attractive.  Synonyms: attire, deck out, deck up, dress up, fancy up, fig out, fig up, get up, gussy up, prink, rig out, tog out, tog up, trick out, trick up.  "The young girls were all fancied up for the party"






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"Overdress" Quotes from Famous Books



... dream of beauty. She was a little flower girl, of course, and wore the daintiest sort of a Dolly Varden costume. Her overdress of flowered muslin was caught up at the sides in panniers over a quilted skirt of light blue satin. A broad-brimmed leghorn hat with a wreath of roses, and fluttering blue ribbons, sat jauntily on her ...
— Marjorie's Maytime • Carolyn Wells



Words linked to "Overdress" :   apparel, habilitate, dress down, fit out, dress, tart up, raiment, dizen, get dressed, preen, garb, costume, underdress, enrobe, tog, enclothe, prank, primp, plume, garment, bedizen, clothe



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