overdress

3 definitions found

overdress - Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 :

  overdress \o`ver*dress"\, v. t.
     To dress or adorn to excess; to dress too much; to dress too
     formally for an informal occasion. --Pope.
     [1913 Webster +PJC]

overdress - WordNet (r) 2.1 (2005) :

  overdress
      v 1: dress too warmly; "You should not overclothe the child--she
           will be too hot" [syn: overdress, overclothe] [ant:
           underdress]
      2: put on special clothes to appear particularly appealing and
         attractive; "She never dresses up, even when she goes to the
         opera"; "The young girls were all fancied up for the party"
         [syn: overdress, dress up, fig out, fig up, deck   up
         , gussy up, fancy up, trick up, deck out, trick   out
         , prink, attire, get up, rig out, tog up, tog   out
         ] [ant: dress down, underdress]

overdress - Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0 :

  19 Moby Thesaurus words for "overdress":
     bedizen, deck out, dizen, doll up, dress up, fancy up, fig out,
     get up, gussy up, prank, pretty up, primp, prink, rag out,
     slick up, spruce up, titivate, trick out, trick up