overembroidered
Too heavily stitched
Overembroidered describes fabric or garments with excessive decorative needlework—so much stitching that the effect becomes busy or gaudy rather than elegant: The overembroidered jacket looked more costume than couture.
Figuratively, it applies to anything too elaborately ornamented, especially prose weighted down with flourishes: His overembroidered sentences exhausted readers before they reached his point.
Excessively ornate or elaborate
- rococoExcessively elaborate in style
- filigreeDelicate twisted-wire ornamentation
- elaborateComplex and detailed
- intricateElaborately detailed, many parts
embellished · decorative · ornamented · festooned · gilded · brocade · arabesque · florid
Exaggeratedly emotional in expression
- hyperbolicExaggerated beyond reason
- overwroughtExcessively emotional or elaborate
- overblownInflated beyond reasonable proportion
- overstatedClaimed more than true
theatrical · embellished · dramatized · inflated · sensationalized · overworked · labored · purple
Tastelessly showy
- tackyVulgar or slightly sticky
- kitschTasteless, garish art
- flashyShowy, often tastelessly so
- showyExcessively eye-catching
ostentatious · loud · vulgar · glitzy · brassy · cheap · crass · overdone
baroque
Excessively ornate or elaborate
- rococoExcessively elaborate in style
- filigreeDelicate twisted-wire ornamentation
- elaborateComplex and detailed
intricate · embellished · decorative · ornamented · festooned · gilded · brocade · arabesque · florid · fanciful
melodramatic
Exaggeratedly emotional in expression
- hyperbolicExaggerated beyond reason
- overwroughtExcessively emotional or elaborate
- overblownInflated beyond reasonable proportion
overstated · theatrical · embellished · dramatized · inflated · sensationalized · overworked · labored · purple · florid
garish
Tastelessly showy
showy · ostentatious · loud · vulgar · glitzy · brassy · cheap · crass · overdone · tasteless
extravagant
Exceeding sensible bounds
rich · decadent · elaborate · magnificent · resplendent · splendid · palatial · grandiose · elegant · plush
overembroideredplain
Basic and unremarkable
unadorned · unembellished · understated · minimal · bare
overembroideredrestrained
Held under control
subtle · minimalist · elegant · refined · tasteful
overembroideredunderstated
Deliberately minimized in expression
spare · unvarnished · plain-spoken · terse · succinct