overdone C2+ Topic:Describing Qualities US /ˌoʊvɚˈdʌn/ UK /ˌəʊvəˈdʌn/ See IPA manual Meanings 1 adj done to excess; cooked too long The steak was overdone, gray and tough all the way through. Thesaurus Synonyms 1 adj · done to excess; cooked too... excessiveovercookedexaggeratedoverwroughtoverblownburnt ↔ Opposites underdonerareunderstated Word family Related forms overdodo Etymology AI details Past participle of overdo, from Old English oferdōn ('to do to excess'). Applied to food cooked too long and, figuratively, to anything carried to excess. ofer Old English dōn Old English View etymology graph -> Topics Describing Qualities External links Cambridge Dictionary Wiktionary Google Images # overdone **Type:** Word **Level:** C2+ **Part of speech:** adj **IPA (US):** /ˌoʊvɚˈdʌn/ **IPA (UK):** /ˌəʊvəˈdʌn/ ## Meanings 1. done to excess; cooked too long ## Examples - The steak was overdone, gray and tough all the way through. ## Synonyms - excessive - overcooked - exaggerated - overwrought - overblown - burnt ## Antonyms - underdone - rare - understated ## Related Forms - overdo - do ## Roots and Affixes - Root: ofer - Root: dōn ## Etymology Past participle of overdo, from Old English oferdōn ('to do to excess'). Applied to food cooked too long and, figuratively, to anything carried to excess. ## AI Etymology Overdone is the past participle of overdo, from Old English oferdōn ('to do to excess'). Applied to food cooked too long and, figuratively, to anything carried to excess. Important recorded forms include ofer (Old English) and dōn (Old English). The modern sense follows that older lexical line closely. In current use it covers done to excess; cooked too long. The wider family includes related words such as overdo and do. ## Topics - Describing Qualities markdown