over-the-top
adjective
: extremely or excessively flamboyant or outrageous
an over-the-top performance
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This distinction shaped the collection, resulting in designs that feel both realistic and domestic, yet still unattainable, over-the-top, and evocative of a bygone era.
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Felicity Carter, Forbes, 3 Mar. 2025
Instead of using over-the-top colors, play with different patterns, textiles, and textures.
—Claire Hoppe Norgaard, Better Homes & Gardens, 3 Mar. 2025
Nicholson's fireworks would be subsequently aped, and amped up to over-the-top proportions, by other actors and by the future Batman villain himself.
—EW.com, 2 Mar. 2025
In 'Peaceful Vacation,' writer Rex Ogle and artists Matteo Lolli and John Kalisz take Eagly and Chris Smith (a.k.a. Peacemaker) to the great outdoors of Alaska for some well-deserved rest and relaxation from doling out peace in their own over-the-top style.
—Dan Perry, Newsweek, 28 Feb. 2025
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Felicity Carter, Forbes, 3 Mar. 2025
Instead of using over-the-top colors, play with different patterns, textiles, and textures.
—Claire Hoppe Norgaard, Better Homes & Gardens, 3 Mar. 2025
Nicholson's fireworks would be subsequently aped, and amped up to over-the-top proportions, by other actors and by the future Batman villain himself.
—EW.com, 2 Mar. 2025
In 'Peaceful Vacation,' writer Rex Ogle and artists Matteo Lolli and John Kalisz take Eagly and Chris Smith (a.k.a. Peacemaker) to the great outdoors of Alaska for some well-deserved rest and relaxation from doling out peace in their own over-the-top style.
—Dan Perry, Newsweek, 28 Feb. 2025
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“Over-the-top.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/over-the-top. Accessed 9 Mar. 2025.
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