over-the-top

Way too much

Over-the-top describes something excessive, exaggerated, or extravagant beyond reasonable limits.

The phrase comes from World War I, when soldiers went "over the top" of their trenches to attack—an extreme act.

Now it characterizes performances, decorations, reactions, or behavior that push past restraint: The wedding was completely over-the-top, with ice sculptures and live swans.

Often abbreviated OTT in British usage.

rhetorical

bombastic

Excessively inflated language

grandiloquentPretentiously elevated in speech
hyperbolicExaggerated beyond reason
floridExcessively ornate or ruddy

overwrought · effusive · gushing · breathless · sensationalized · embellished · exaggerated · overblown · melodramatic · overwritten

theatrical

melodrama

Sensational, emotionally overwrought drama

hammyExcessively theatrical in style
campyEntertainingly artificial and overblown
histrionicExaggeratedly emotional in behavior

dramatic · stagy · emoting · scenery-chewing · overacting · mugging · flamboyant · operatic · soap-opera · diva

extravagant

lavish

Abundant beyond necessity

opulentOstentatiously wealthy
luxuriousMarked by costly elegance
sumptuousSplendidly rich and costly

decadent · ornate · gilded · palatial · ostentatious · glitzy · ritzy · swanky · blinged-out · maximal

excessive

extreme

Furthest from moderate

outrageousShockingly bad or excessive
unreasonableNot guided by reason
disproportionateNot properly scaled

unwarranted · unnecessary · gratuitous · overkill · overboard · overblown · overdone · overreach · exorbitant · inordinate

over-the-top

bombastic

melodrama

lavish

extreme

over-the-top

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