overelaborates
Embellishes too much
Overelaborates means to add too much detail or complexity to something that would be better kept simple.
Someone who overelaborates a story buries the point under unnecessary tangents.
An overelaborated design has so many flourishes it becomes cluttered: The architect overelaborates every surface until the building feels exhausting.
Using more language than necessary
- prolixExcessively wordy in speech
- long-windedExcessively wordy, tediously so
- ramblingLong-winded and unfocused
- verboseMore words than necessary
garrulous · diffuse · discursive · expansive · padded · grandiloquent · bombastic · turgid
Marked by recurrence
- superfluousExceeding what suffices
- tautologicalSelf-repeating in meaning
- pleonasticUnnecessarily wordy in expression
- unnecessaryNot essential or required
extraneous · reiterative · overkill · overdone · belabors · rehashes · overemphasizes · restates
Excessively complex or twisted
- intricateElaborately detailed, many parts
- complexHaving many interconnected parts
- byzantineDauntingly intricate and devious
- labyrinthineExtremely complex and winding
tangled · knotty · overcomplicates · muddles · obfuscates · confuses · obscures · overengineers
Causing fatigue through monotony
- tiresomeCausing boredom or annoyance
- monotonousUnchangingly dull
- ploddingMoving slowly, heavily
- ponderousAwkwardly heavy or slow
exhausting · droning · pedantic · dry · draggy · enervating · interminable · unending
wordy
Using more language than necessary
- prolixExcessively wordy in speech
- long-windedExcessively wordy, tediously so
- ramblingLong-winded and unfocused
verbose · garrulous · diffuse · discursive · expansive · padded · grandiloquent · bombastic · turgid · overwrought
repetitive
Marked by recurrence
- superfluousExceeding what suffices
- tautologicalSelf-repeating in meaning
- pleonasticUnnecessarily wordy in expression
unnecessary · extraneous · reiterative · overkill · overdone · belabors · rehashes · overemphasizes · restates · repeats
convoluted
Excessively complex or twisted
- intricateElaborately detailed, many parts
- complexHaving many interconnected parts
- byzantineDauntingly intricate and devious
labyrinthine · tangled · knotty · overcomplicates · muddles · obfuscates · confuses · obscures · overengineers · overthinks
wearisome
Causing fatigue through monotony
- tiresomeCausing boredom or annoyance
- monotonousUnchangingly dull
- ploddingMoving slowly, heavily
ponderous · exhausting · droning · pedantic · dry · draggy · enervating · interminable · unending · drawn-out
overelaboratessummarizes
Restates in brief
condenses · simplifies · abbreviates · truncates · cuts to the chase
overelaboratessimplifies
Makes less complex
strips down · streamlines · reduces · minimizes · underdevelops