overgrown

overgrown

adj

Definition of OVERGROWN

: grown abnormally or excessively large <dismissed him as an overgrown adolescent>

Examples of OVERGROWN

1. The garden is overgrown with weeds.
2. He acts like an overgrown child.

First Known Use of OVERGROWN

1603

Related to OVERGROWN

Synonyms: green, grown, leafy, luxuriant, lush, verdant

Antonyms: barren, leafless

Related Words: fat, fecund, fertile, fruitful, productive, prolific, rich; dense, tangled

Near Antonyms: bleak, depleted, impoverished, infertile, poor, stark, unproductive; arid, dead, desert, dry, parched, sere (also sear), waterless

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Rhymes with OVERGROWN

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