OVERDID Synonyms: 22 Similar and Opposite Words

overdid

verb

past tense of overdo

as in exaggerated

to describe or express in too strong terms the fashion designer's claim that his new line of clothing would revolutionize the way we dress was perhaps overdoing it just a bit

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Recent Examples of overdid Teyana Taylor, ever the purposeful center of attention, donned a silver foil fringe look by Haider Ackermann for Tom Ford, but overdid it with a matching wig, converting her into a tinsel tree. — Merle Ginsberg, HollywoodReporter, 5 May 2026 Piastri made an ambitious lunge on Norris in the penultimate lap, but overdid it and locked his front wheel, nearly crashing into his teammate. — Sahil Kapur, NBC news, 3 Aug. 2025

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exaggerated

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Raad found images on Reddit posted by braggadocious soldiers from around the world, and then exaggerated the size and changed the color of their inscriptions.

— Emily Watlington, ARTnews.com, 25 Oct. 2026
Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu has repeatedly framed settler violence in the West Bank as the work of a few dozen fringe youths and said its scale has been exaggerated.

— Sam Metz, Los Angeles Times, 16 Oct. 2026

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