overelaborate
Needlessly complex design
Overelaborate means excessively detailed or complicated beyond what's useful or appropriate.
An overelaborate explanation buries the point in unnecessary complexity.
An overelaborate design has too many flourishes.
The verb means to develop something past the point of effectiveness: The committee overelaborated the proposal until no one understood it.
Excessively wordy in speech
- wordyUsing more language than necessary
- long-windedExcessively wordy, tediously so
- circumlocutorySpeaking in circles
- periphrasticExpressed through excess words
rambling · discursive · diffuse · meandering · digressive · padded · bloated · overwritten
Excessively ornate or elaborate
- rococoExcessively elaborate in style
- floridExcessively ornate or ruddy
- embellishedDecorated or exaggerated
- gildedOverlaid with gold leaf
filigreed · ornamental · decorative · overwrought · fussy · busy · cluttered · adorned
Excessive in degree
- over-the-topExcessively dramatic or extravagant
- overboardOff a vessel's deck
- overkillUnnecessary additional effort
- extravagantExceeding sensible bounds
superfluous · unnecessary · exaggerated · hyperbolic · overmuch · immoderate · disproportionate · gratuitous
Excessively complex or twisted
- labyrinthineExtremely complex and winding
- byzantineDauntingly intricate and devious
- intricateElaborately detailed, many parts
- tangledTwisted confusedly together
knotty · tortuous · complicated · overcomplex · serpentine · involuted · entangled · interwoven
prolix
Excessively wordy in speech
- wordyUsing more language than necessary
- long-windedExcessively wordy, tediously so
- circumlocutorySpeaking in circles
periphrastic · rambling · discursive · diffuse · meandering · digressive · padded · bloated · overwritten · overwrought
baroque
Excessively ornate or elaborate
- rococoExcessively elaborate in style
- floridExcessively ornate or ruddy
- embellishedDecorated or exaggerated
gilded · filigreed · ornamental · decorative · overwrought · fussy · busy · cluttered · adorned · bejeweled
overdone
Excessive in degree
- over-the-topExcessively dramatic or extravagant
- overboardOff a vessel's deck
- overkillUnnecessary additional effort
extravagant · superfluous · unnecessary · exaggerated · hyperbolic · overmuch · immoderate · disproportionate · gratuitous · unwarranted
convoluted
Excessively complex or twisted
- labyrinthineExtremely complex and winding
- byzantineDauntingly intricate and devious
- intricateElaborately detailed, many parts
tangled · knotty · tortuous · complicated · overcomplex · serpentine · involuted · entangled · interwoven · overcomplicated
overelaboratesimple
Free of complexity
minimal · basic · plain · straightforward · uncomplicated