overdoing
101indulgence — I (Roget s IV) n. 1. [Humoring] Syn. coddling, pampering, petting, overweening attention, fondling, babying, spoiling, placating, pleasing, toadying, favoring, kowtowing, gratifying, catering to. 2. [Forbearance] Syn. allowance, lenience,… …
102gild the lily — The passage from Shakespeare’s King John is: To gild refined gold, to paint the lily ... Is wasteful and ridiculous excess. Thus it is both wrong and hackneyed to speak of gilding the lily in the sense of overdoing something …
103gild the lily — The passage from Shakespeare s King John is To gild refined gold, to paint the lily. . ./Is wasteful and ridiculous excess. Thus it is both wrong and resorting to a woeful cliche to speak of gilding the lily in the sense of overdoing something …
104going too far — wild exaggeration, overdoing things …
105overdo — verb (overdoes, overdoing; past overdid; past participle overdone) exaggerate. ↘use too much of. ↘(overdo it/things) exhaust oneself. ↘[often as adjective overdone] overcook (food). Derivatives overdoer noun …
106overdo it — to do too much of something. You need to exercise every day, but don t overdo it. Everything is painted black, which may be overdoing it. There are always some students at parties who overdo it. Related vocabulary: go overboard …
107excess — n. 1. Superfluity, redundance, redundancy, superabundance, disproportion, undue amount. 2. Surplus, overplus, remainder. 3. Intemperance, immoderation, over indulgence, dissoluteness, dissolute behavior or living, dissipation, debauchery. 4.… …
108overdo — verb past tense overdid, past participle overdone, (T) 1 to do something more than is suitable or natural: Don t overdo the praise. She wasn t that good. | overdo it: I think Trudy s overdone it with the all the lace and frills in the bedroom. 2… …
109dramatic — dramatic, theatrical, dramaturgic, melodramatic, histrionic are not close synonyms although all imply special reference to plays as performed by actors or to the effects which are produced by acted plays. Dramatic basically denotes relationship… …
110compliment — n 1. praise, tribute, homage, honor, commendation, laudation, celebration, exaltation, extolment, glorification, adulation; eulogy, encomium, panegyric, good word, blurb; flattery, trumpetry, puffery, crying up, singing [s.o. s] praises, praising …
