over-elaborate
Too fussily detailed
Over-elaborate means excessively detailed, ornate, or complicated beyond what's necessary or effective.
The word describes things that would benefit from simplification—prose, explanations, decorations, plans: The over-elaborate wedding cake collapsed under its own weight.
His over-elaborate excuse only made her more suspicious.
Decorated or exaggerated
- overwroughtExcessively emotional or elaborate
- baroqueExcessively ornate or elaborate
- rococoExcessively elaborate in style
- fussyExcessively particular
ostentatious · florid · ornamental · decorative · gilded · adorned · extravagant · grandiose
Having many interconnected parts
- intricateElaborately detailed, many parts
- overengineeredDesigned beyond necessary requirements
- convolutedExcessively complex or twisted
- cumbersomeAwkwardly heavy or bulky
unwieldy · overcomplicated · byzantine · tangled · knotty · Rube Goldberg · tortuous · belabored
Excessively wordy, tediously so
- prolixExcessively wordy in speech
- wordyUsing more language than necessary
- ramblingLong-winded and unfocused
- convolutedExcessively complex or twisted
labyrinthine · circuitous · meandering · digressive · overwritten · overwrought · pedantic · byzantine
embellished
Decorated or exaggerated
- overwroughtExcessively emotional or elaborate
- baroqueExcessively ornate or elaborate
- rococoExcessively elaborate in style
fussy · ostentatious · florid · ornamental · decorative · gilded · adorned · extravagant · grandiose · flamboyant
complex
Having many interconnected parts
- intricateElaborately detailed, many parts
- overengineeredDesigned beyond necessary requirements
- convolutedExcessively complex or twisted
cumbersome · unwieldy · overcomplicated · byzantine · tangled · knotty · Rube Goldberg · tortuous · belabored · fussy
long-winded
Excessively wordy, tediously so
- prolixExcessively wordy in speech
- wordyUsing more language than necessary
- ramblingLong-winded and unfocused
convoluted · labyrinthine · circuitous · meandering · digressive · overwritten · overwrought · pedantic · byzantine · tortuous
over-elaboratesimple
Free of complexity
plain · minimalist · unadorned · understated · austere
over-elaboratestreamlined
Made smooth and efficient
efficient · concise · straightforward · direct · economical