overdress

¹over·dress

verb \ˌō-vər-ˈdres\

Definition of OVERDRESS

transitive verb

: to dress or adorn to excess <felt overdressed for the occasion in his tuxedo>

intransitive verb

: to dress oneself to excess <it's better to overdress for the party than be too casual>

Examples of OVERDRESS

1. He overdressed for such a casual party.

First Known Use of OVERDRESS

1704

Rhymes with OVERDRESS

ABS, acquiesce, baroness, bitter cress, CBS, coalesce, convalesce, crown princess, DES, decompress, deliquesce, derepress, dispossess, due process, effervesce, effloresce, evanesce, full-court press, gentilesse, granny dress, in-process, inverness, Inverness, less and less, letterpress, luminesce, Lyonnesse, minidress, more or less, nonetheless, obsolesce, otherguess, pennycress, phosphoresce, politesse, prepossess, preprocess, recrudesce, repossess, reprocess, retrogress, second-guess, SOS, sweaterdress, underdress, watercress, window-dress, word process