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overzealous

overzealous · more overzealous · most overzealous

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Too zealous; too enthusiastic or ferventToo zealous; too enthusiastic or fervent.

/ˌəʊvəˈzɛləs/

» Perhaps we were a little overzealous in the party planning.

Meaning

1 senses

Too zealous; too enthusiastic or fervent.
With his overzealous attempts to impress, he only managed to annoy her.
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More definitions

marked by excessive enthusiasm for and intense devotion to a cause or idea

Examples

2 sentences

Perhaps we were a little overzealous in the party planning.
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I hope you're not going to break anything in an overzealous attempt to clean the house.
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Translations

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By meaning 1

too zealous; too enthusiastic or fervent:

Origin

From over- + zealous.

From over- + zealous.

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Forms

more overzealous, most overzealous

Comparative	more overzealous Lesson
Superlative	most overzealous Lesson

regular

Synonyms

3 synonyms

Close in meaning

marked by excessive enthusiasm for and intense devotion to a cause or idea:fanatic fanatical rabid

Word family

2 related words

Derivedoverzealously overzealousness

Lessons for this word

2 lessons

A2Comparatives — Because it has a comparative form
A2Superlatives — Because it has a superlative form

See also

neighbours in the dictionary

overworkB1 overwrite oviparous ovoviviparous ovulate

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