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Meaning of "overearnest" in the English dictionary

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PRONUNCIATION OF OVEREARNEST

overearnest  [ˌəʊvərˈɜːnɪst] play
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GRAMMATICAL CATEGORY OF OVEREARNEST

noun
adjective
verb
adverb
pronoun
preposition
conjunction
determiner
exclamation
Overearnest is a noun.
A noun is a type of word the meaning of which determines reality. Nouns provide the names for all things: people, objects, sensations, feelings, etc.

WHAT DOES OVEREARNEST MEAN IN ENGLISH?

Definition of overearnest in the English dictionary

The definition of overearnest in the dictionary is excessive earnestness.


WORDS THAT RHYME WITH OVEREARNEST


balloonist
bəˈluːnɪst
bassoonist
bəˈsuːnɪst
cartoonist
kɑːˈtuːnɪst
corniced
ˈkɔːnɪst
cornicing
ˈkɔːnɪst
cornist
ˈkɔːnɪst
earnest
ˈɜːnɪst
faunist
ˈfɔːnɪst
flugelhornist
ˈfluːɡəlˌhɔːnɪst
Hinayanist
ˌhiːnəˈjɑːnɪst
hornist
ˈhɔːnɪst
hygienist
ˈhaɪdʒiːnɪst
internist
ˈɪntɜːnɪst
machinist
məˈʃiːnɪst
magazinist
ˌmæɡəˈziːnɪst
Mahayanist
ˌmɑːhəˈjɑːnɪst
opportunist
ˌɒpəˈtjuːnɪst
plenist
ˈpliːnɪst
routinist
ruːˈtiːnɪst
sopranist
səˈprɑːnɪst

WORDS THAT BEGIN LIKE OVEREARNEST

overeager
overeagerness
overeasy
overeat
overeaten
overeater
overeating
overedit
overeducate
overeducation
overegg
overelaborate
overelaboration
overembellish
overemote
overemotional
overemphasis
overemphasise
overemphasize
overemphatic

WORDS THAT END LIKE OVEREARNEST

bird´s nest
bird´s-nest
crow´s nest
crow´s-nest
dishonest
disnest
feather one´s nest
finest
funest
honest
hornet´s nest
in earnest
love nest
mare´s-nest
nest
renest
soonest
thinnest
trapnest
underhonest

Synonyms and antonyms of overearnest in the English dictionary of synonyms

SYNONYMS

Translation of «overearnest» into 25 languages

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TRANSLATION OF OVEREARNEST

Find out the translation of overearnest to 25 languages with our English multilingual translator.
The translations of overearnest from English to other languages presented in this section have been obtained through automatic statistical translation; where the essential translation unit is the word «overearnest» in English.

Translator English - Chinese

overearnest
1,325 millions of speakers

Translator English - Spanish

overearnest
570 millions of speakers

English

overearnest
510 millions of speakers

Translator English - Hindi

overearnest
380 millions of speakers
ar

Translator English - Arabic

overearnest
280 millions of speakers

Translator English - Russian

overearnest
278 millions of speakers

Translator English - Portuguese

overearnest
270 millions of speakers

Translator English - Bengali

overearnest
260 millions of speakers

Translator English - French

overearnest
220 millions of speakers

Translator English - Malay

Overearnest
190 millions of speakers

Translator English - German

overearnest
180 millions of speakers

Translator English - Japanese

overearnest
130 millions of speakers

Translator English - Korean

overearnest
85 millions of speakers

Translator English - Javanese

Overearnest
85 millions of speakers
vi

Translator English - Vietnamese

overearnest
80 millions of speakers

Translator English - Tamil

overearnest
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Marathi

अहंकारी
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Turkish

overearnest
70 millions of speakers

Translator English - Italian

overearnest
65 millions of speakers

Translator English - Polish

overearnest
50 millions of speakers

Translator English - Ukrainian

overearnest
40 millions of speakers

Translator English - Romanian

overearnest
30 millions of speakers
el

Translator English - Greek

overearnest
15 millions of speakers
af

Translator English - Afrikaans

overearnest
14 millions of speakers
sv

Translator English - Swedish

overearnest
10 millions of speakers
no

Translator English - Norwegian

overearnest
5 millions of speakers

Trends of use of overearnest

TRENDS

TENDENCIES OF USE OF THE TERM «OVEREARNEST»

The term «overearnest» is barely ever used and occupies the 202.941 position in our list of most widely used terms in the English dictionary.
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FREQUENCY OF USE OF THE TERM «OVEREARNEST» OVER TIME

The graph expresses the annual evolution of the frequency of use of the word «overearnest» during the past 500 years. Its implementation is based on analysing how often the term «overearnest» appears in digitalised printed sources in English between the year 1500 and the present day.

Examples of use in the English literature, quotes and news about overearnest

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10 ENGLISH BOOKS RELATING TO «OVEREARNEST»

Discover the use of overearnest in the following bibliographical selection. Books relating to overearnest and brief extracts from same to provide context of its use in English literature.
1
Spy
Dean & DeLuca restocks its pasta shelves following last night's onslaught of stringy, overearnest young professionals intent on "carbo- loading." 6 Election Day, and the end of Pierre Rinfret's erratic but entertaining presence in the news.
2
A Dictionary of the Language of Shakespeare
To triumph over ; to subdue. The potent poison quite o'ercrows my spirit. Hamlet, v. 2. Overearnest. Hasty ; impetuous ; vehement. Yes, Cassius ; and from henceforth, When you are overearnest with your Brutus, He'll think your mother chides, ...
Swynfen Jervis, 1868
3
Amityville House of Pancakes 2
He'd just somehow felt silly, presumptuous, overearnest....Well, at times he had been overearnest. Bored even himself. But the calling was real. He might never understand the full extent of Truth, but that was okay. He now did understand, truly, ...
Allen Pete S., 2005
4
Zen and the Brain: Toward an Understanding of Meditation and ...
If there is no access to humor, problems arise from being overearnest, and from endowing one's person, cause, or situation with unqualified seriousness. Overly solemn persons can become especially vulnerable to the heavy burden of their ...
James H. Austin, 1999
5
History of Friedrich the Second Called Frederick the Great
FRIEDRICH staid only three weeks at home, moving about from Berlin to Potsdam, to Reinsberg and back : all the gay world is in Berlin at this Carnival time ; but Friedrich has more to do with business of a manifold and overearnest nature than ...
Thomas Carlyle, 1869
6
The Novels of Samuel Richardson...
... compulsion or over-earnest persuasion. Who, madam, can forbid the Count of Belvedere to hope ? Leave him hope. If he has not the overearnest entreaties of your own relations to give weight to his addresses, it will be in your power to give  ...
Samuel Richardson, 1902
7
Werner's Magazine
If we are artists at heart, we shall get more profit out of such discussions than from waxing overearnest and personal over questions of a purely academic nature. Mea rulpa! But if my dear professional friends will drop it, I promise to avoid the ...
‎1901
8
The Christian Remembrancer
... statements of primitive writers, and on the history of theological doctrine. Whether the faults which these volumes exhibit arise from the haste of composition, or precipitancy of judgment, or an overearnest desire to impress his views on others ...
‎1853
9
Hardware Dealers' Magazine
MOBILIZING INDUSTRIES Perhaps you may think that I am overearnest in this advocacy of organization, higher efficiency in business methods and modern practices, the adoption of European ideals of thoroughness, the standardizing of  ...
‎1916
10
The War of the Rebellion: a compilation of the official ...
Will you pardon me for suggesting that ray only source of disquietude on the subject arises from the fear that you will delay too long the action which now appears inevitable, and that by an overearnest desire to reclaim by conciliation men ...
United States. War Dept, Robert Nicholson Scott, Henry Martyn Lazelle, 1897

10 NEWS ITEMS WHICH INCLUDE THE TERM «OVEREARNEST»

Find out what the national and international press are talking about and how the term overearnest is used in the context of the following news items.
1
The Ever-Evolving Nature of Jimmy Olsen
As portrayed by Marc McClure, Olsen was a bit overearnest, but serious in his pursuit of journalism and “the perfect shot”. Later live action ... «Comicbook.com, Jun 15»
2
Rachel Dolezal and the Overearnest Uplifters
Dreary as the prospect of an evening with such people is—Hughes calls them “overearnest uplifters”—the visitors do offer to buy drinks and so ... «First Things, Jun 15»
3
Versatile Pops shine despite last-minute program shifts
1,” though the orchestra overpowered Joe Weydt's overearnest original “Buy Me.” Late in his own set, Cavanaugh introduced “Bridge Over ... «Boston Globe, Jun 15»
4
Chuck Koplinski: 'Roar' perilous folly of epic proportions
This is an overearnest, narrative disaster of Ed Woodian proportions. The dialogue is so wooden, the cast probably got mouth splinters uttering ... «Champaign/Urbana News-Gazette, May 15»
5
Witty play Trudeau and Lévesque is not your Heritage Minutes history
Progressive Conservative leader Joe Clark (Craig Lauzon), meanwhile, is shown as an overearnest stumblebum learning French from a primer ... «The Globe and Mail, May 15»
6
9 Classic Tracks
It might seem overearnest if Zedek's tone wasn't so bitten and resigned. Chadwick continued: “This kind of really bald, guileless songwriting is ... «Mess+Noise, Apr 15»
7
The Green Party is no longer a joke
Few journalists bothered to attend, and some of those who did were intent on sending up the often overearnest assemblies. But the one that ... «Telegraph.co.uk, Mar 15»
8
Scott McCloud returns to fiction in a very big way with The Sculptor
Yet all he seems to create are overearnest failures and sophomoric kitsch – artworks that one of his critics derides as “Polynesian gift shop” ... «The Globe and Mail, Feb 15»
9
Has the Luminary Loppet gotten too big for its snow pants?
It dawned on me then that regardless of stringent rules and overearnest gatekeepers, there will always be magic in a flickering candlewick and ... «Minneapolis Star Tribune, Feb 15»
10
DANCE REVIEW: Happydog + Khecari at Links Hall
By contrast with Khecari's accomplished works, Happydog's female trio, "LADY PARTS," is simultaneously overearnest and inexplicable. «Chicago Tribune, Sep 14»

REFERENCE
« EDUCALINGO. Overearnest [online]. Available <https://educalingo.com/en/dic-en/overearnest>. Apr 2024 ».
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