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Verb
To use something to an excessive degree, especially inappropriately
To make uninteresting or trite by frequent use
To give excessive work or responsibility to
To damage, erode, or destroy by friction or use
Noun
The fact or state of being excessively or inappropriately used
In a state of deterioration due to overuse or aging
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Verb
▲
To use something to an excessive degree, especially inappropriately
overemploy
overdo
overexpose
abuse
misuse
overplay
run riot
go to extremes
go overboard
exaggerate
overemphasize
US
overstate
dramatize
US
magnify
overdraw
stretch
overwork
dramatise
UK
overemphasise
UK
lay it on thick
overstress
hyperbolize
overpitch
accentuate
maximize
US
overact
mug
accent
maximise
UK
ham it up
point up
blow out of proportion
get carried away
labor at
embellish
embroider
amplify
inflate
colour
UK
belabour
UK
overestimate
overdramatize
puff
belabor
US
overvalue
overrate
overembellish
overreach
hype
overload
color
US
blow up
blow up out of all proportion
make a big thing of
lay it on with a trowel
pile on
make a mountain out of a molehill
put on
talk big
go overboard with
make a production of
make a production out of
ham up
make a thing about
make a big thing about
go too far
make a big deal out of something
make a thing of
lay it on
make federal case
pad
expand
elaborate
dwell on
labor
US
labour
UK
make too much of something
fudge
catastrophize
emphasize
US
aggrandize
enhance
emphasise
UK
build up
stress
heighten
enlarge
over-elaborate
play up
make a federal case of
go on about
elaborate on
harp on
stretch the truth
make a big thing out of
boost
pile it on
blow something out of all proportion
expound on
exalt
falsify
misrepresent
lie
misreport
harp on about
place too much emphasis on
pyramid
romanticize
US
strain
romanticise
UK
touch up
attach too much importance to
attach too much weight to
expand on
brag
boast
distort
fabricate
intensify
misquote
hike
varnish
underline
gild
impress
highlight
dress up
flesh out
draw the long bow
lay on
lay it on with a shovel
overstate the case
do over
hammer away at
over-emphasize
lay too much emphasis on
linger over
drive home
tarry over
flog to death
go on
discuss at length
drag out
emphasize too much
puff up
make a mountain out of
overelaborate
augment
increase
extend
swell
escalate
add detail to
widen
fill
bloat
balloon
spread
add flesh to
give someone a sob story
enlarge on
blow-up
jazz up
exaggerate information
perform
act
overwrite
overcharge
pump up
playact
melodramatize
stage
burlesque
present
beef up
drive up
swell up
disguise
execute
show
sensationalize
US
splash
produce
sensationalise
UK
pervert
garble
manipulate
lay too much stress on
go on and on about
over-embroider
over-embellish
go over the top about
play-act
misrelate
poison
misstate
airbrush
belie
bend
fake
massage
cook
misinterpret
overdo it
embellish the truth
over-praise
soft-soap
pay extravagant compliments
sweet-talk
give fulsome praise
lay on with a trowel
play to the gallery
play to gallery
give color to
make a performance of
play on heartstrings
quote out of context
take out of context
put a spin on
give a false account of
gloss over
oversell
corrupt
up
overexaggerate
caricature
scam
romance
add colour
draw the longbow
shoot a line
cook up
pile it on about
pretty up
loud talk
lay it on thick about
big up
make a drama out of a crisis
lay it on with a trowel about
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“Be mindful, though, not to
overuse
this word in your resume.”
Verb
▲
To make uninteresting or trite by frequent use
vulgarise
UK
vulgarize
US
hackney
stereotype
overexpose
“Too many people
overuse
this cliché.”
Verb
▲
To give excessive work or responsibility to
overload
overtax
overwork
overexert
overstrain
strain
tax
overtask
stretch
overburden
burn out
drive too hard
drive into the ground
impose excessive strain on
drain
sap
try
test
push
challenge
overstretch
task
exhaust
enervate
empty
tire
fatigue
oppress
stress
pressure
prey on
put a strain on
ask too much of
push too far
make heavy demands on
press hard on
put pressure on
weigh heavily on
wear out
make demands on
overextend
labour
UK
labor
US
sweat
overdrive
overtax oneself
work too hard
sweat blood
overburden oneself
strain yourself
overload oneself
push oneself too hard
wear yourself out
overdo it
work your fingers to the bone
bite off more than you can chew
overtax one's strength
work like a slave
wear oneself to a shadow
burn the candle at both ends
work like a Trojan
overtire yourself
work like a horse
burn the midnight oil
work day and night
tire yourself out
overstrain yourself
kill oneself
knock oneself out
drive oneself too far
drive oneself into the ground
run yourself into the ground
drive oneself too hard
practice presenteeism
do too much
work oneself into the ground
work one's tail off
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Verb
▲
To damage, erode, or destroy by friction or use
wear
abrade
chafe
erode
rasp
rub
fray
gall
frazzle
fret
scrape
scratch
graze
corrade
corrode
scour
consume
grind
scuff
waste
deteriorate
dissolve
crumble
impair
use
decay
bother
fade
overwork
tax
undermine
weather
wear away
eat away
wear out
wear thin
become worn
wear down
wear through
bite into
eat away at
rub away
gnaw away
become threadbare
crumble away
grind away
rub down
wash away
waste away
gnaw away at
cut down
scrape off
use up
go to seed
break down
excoriate
grate
tatter
file
gnaw
distress
eat
unravel
shred
tear
spoil
scrape away
grind down
become ragged
become tattered
come apart
skin
irritate
rot
bark
roughen
nibble
corrupt
devour
bite at
chip away
chip away at
raze
pinch
hurt
sand
burn
buff
rub against
rub raw
sandpaper
rub painfully
burnish
damage
peel
eat into
make ragged
wear threadbare
drag
brush
rust
lacerate
oxidize
US
tarnish
destroy
undercut
wear to shreds
flay
oxidate
strip
rip
whittle away
decompose
ravel
triturate
erase
bite
canker
flake
oxidise
UK
wear off
rub off
go through
scrape out
burn into
burn through
go into holes
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Noun
▲
The fact or state of being excessively or inappropriately used
overdoing
overemployment
misuse
abuse
overplay
heavy use
“Chronic
overuse
of a joint may result in trauma.”
Noun
▲
In a state of deterioration due to overuse or aging
wear and tear
deterioration
attrition
abrasion
corrosion
wear
weathering
erosion
consumption
depreciation
ablation
decrement
depletion
dissipation
wearing away
hard wear
ravages of time
waste
detrition
damage
degeneration
impairment
dilapidation
diminution
friction
a few knocks
battering
scuffing
undermining
disintegration
decay
wearing
corroding
loss
weakening
destruction
spoiling
dissolving
dissolution
crumbling
sapping
wearing down
washing away
eating away
rotting
gnawing away
scraping away
grinding down
corrasion
chipping away
despoliation
decrease
wasting away
desedimentation
oxidation
decomposition
rust
oxidization
US
oxidisation
UK
scraping
chafing
grating
rubbing
damaging
abrading
excoriation
thinning
slow destruction
natural wastage
thinning out
scratching
scouring
stripping
being eaten away
rot
blight
corruption
mildew
mold
US
must
tarnishing
patina
mould
UK
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