over-the-top
adjective
: extremely or excessively flamboyant or outrageous
an over-the-top performance
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Lodging is all in over-the-top oversized suites, and The Lodge at Blue Sky basically combines a wilderness luxury resort, spa and fine dining with a topnotch ski resort hotel.
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Larry Olmsted, Forbes, 19 Feb. 2025
If your idea of a good time includes loads of onboard amenities (like over-the-top spas, nightly theater productions, go-kart tracks, and a water park), this is the sailing for you.
—Bailey Berg, AFAR Media, 18 Feb. 2025
Fans quickly pointed out that Pirate Yakuza sees RGG appearing to emulate seafaring games like Ubisoft’s Assassin’s Creed Black Flag (2013) and Skull and Bones (2024) in a similar vein, although its over-the-top nautical antics blow them out of the water.
—Isaiah Colbert, Rolling Stone, 18 Feb. 2025
What put the Red Sox offseason over-the-top was the late addition of Alex Bregman.
—Chad Jennings, The Athletic, 18 Feb. 2025
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Larry Olmsted, Forbes, 19 Feb. 2025
If your idea of a good time includes loads of onboard amenities (like over-the-top spas, nightly theater productions, go-kart tracks, and a water park), this is the sailing for you.
—Bailey Berg, AFAR Media, 18 Feb. 2025
Fans quickly pointed out that Pirate Yakuza sees RGG appearing to emulate seafaring games like Ubisoft’s Assassin’s Creed Black Flag (2013) and Skull and Bones (2024) in a similar vein, although its over-the-top nautical antics blow them out of the water.
—Isaiah Colbert, Rolling Stone, 18 Feb. 2025
What put the Red Sox offseason over-the-top was the late addition of Alex Bregman.
—Chad Jennings, The Athletic, 18 Feb. 2025
See All Example Sentences for over-the-top
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“Over-the-top.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/over-the-top. Accessed 27 Feb. 2025.
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