decorate
verb (used with object)
to furnish or adorn with something ornamental or becoming; embellish.
overdecorate
-
a word derived from
decorate.
Example Sentences
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He tends to exaggerate and overdecorate, but under the hyperbole is a kernel of truth.
From New York Times ● Feb. 20, 2020
I would just put big simple sofas in it; you don’t need to overdecorate.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 23, 2015
It was far better, Olmsted lectured, to underdecorate than to overdecorate.
From "The Devil in the White City" by Erik Larson
