Elaborate
Elaborate adjective - Made or done with great care or with much detail.
Usage example: elaborate festivities for the 200th anniversary of the town's founding
Overwrought and elaborate are semantically related. In some cases you can use "Overwrought" instead an adjective "Elaborate".
Overwrought
Overwrought adjective - Elaborately and often excessively decorated.
Usage example: the author's prose is overwrought with purple passages and florid metaphors
Elaborate and overwrought are semantically related. Sometimes you can use "Elaborate" instead an adjective "Overwrought".
Mutual synonyms
Related pairs
- fancy and elaborate
- fancy and overwrought
- ornate and elaborate
- ornate and overwrought
- embellished and elaborate
- embellished and overwrought
- extravagant and elaborate
- extravagant and overwrought
- showy and elaborate
- showy and overwrought
- florid and elaborate
- florid and overwrought
- rococo and elaborate
- rococo and overwrought
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