overelegant
Excessively fancy styling
Overelegant describes something excessively refined or ornate—elegance pushed past the point of good taste.
An overelegant prose style draws attention to its own flourishes rather than serving the content.
The word implies that restraint would have been more effective: The overelegant décor made the restaurant feel pretentious rather than sophisticated.
Complex and detailed
- embellishedDecorated or exaggerated
- overwroughtExcessively emotional or elaborate
- floridExcessively ornate or ruddy
- baroqueExcessively ornate or elaborate
rococo · fussy · intricate · decorative · filigree · gilded · festooned · brocade
Artificially contrived behavior
- ostentatiousShowily excessive
- showyExcessively eye-catching
- pompousAffectedly grand in manner
- grandiosePretentiously impressive in scale
highfalutin · snobbish · haughty · self-important · airs · supercilious · swanky · ritzy
Excessively attentive to detail
- meticulousShowing extreme attention to detail
- finickyExcessively particular, hard to satisfy
- persnicketyExcessively concerned with details
- particularSpecific or fussy
nitpicky · exacting · overparticular · overfastidious · precious · dainty · prissy · prim
elaborate
Complex and detailed
- embellishedDecorated or exaggerated
- overwroughtExcessively emotional or elaborate
- floridExcessively ornate or ruddy
baroque · rococo · fussy · intricate · decorative · filigree · gilded · festooned · brocade · scrollwork
affected
Artificially contrived behavior
- ostentatiousShowily excessive
- showyExcessively eye-catching
- pompousAffectedly grand in manner
grandiose · highfalutin · snobbish · haughty · self-important · airs · supercilious · swanky · ritzy · overdressed
fastidious
Excessively attentive to detail
- meticulousShowing extreme attention to detail
- finickyExcessively particular, hard to satisfy
- persnicketyExcessively concerned with details
particular · nitpicky · exacting · overparticular · overfastidious · precious · dainty · prissy · prim · mannered
overelegantunderstated
Deliberately minimized in expression
restrained · simple · minimalist · austere · unadorned