OVERNICENESS

Meaning of OVERNICENESS in English

noun

see overnice

Webster's New International English Dictionary. Новый международный словарь английского языка Webster. 2012

OVERNICE — |ōvə(r)+ adjective Etymology: Middle English, from over (I) + nice : excessively nice or particular: a. : too fastidious b. …
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OVERNICE — adj.; overnicely , adv.; overniceness , n.
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PRECIOSITY — Synonyms and related words : Gongorism, affectation, affectedness, artfulness, artifice, artificiality, ceremonialism, elegance, euphemism, euphuism, exquisiteness, formalism, formality, goody-goodness, goody-goodyism, …
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PEDANTRY — Synonyms and related words : bibliolatry, bibliomania, bluestockingism, book learning, book madness, bookiness, bookishness, booklore, ceremonialism, classical scholarship, classicism, culture, …
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MANNERISM — Synonyms and related words : Gongorism, affectation, affectedness, airs, airs and graces, aroma, artfulness, artifice, artificiality, attribute, badge, brand, cachet, …
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HYPERSENSITIVITY — Synonyms and related words : allergy, anaphylaxis, considerateness, delicacy, empathy, exquisiteness, fineness, hairsplitting, hypercriticism, hyperesthesia, hyperpathia, hypersensitiveness, identification, irritability, morbid …
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HAIRSPLITTING — Synonyms and related words : adverse criticism, animadversion, aspersion, bad notices, bad press, bickering, boggling, captious, captiousness, carping, cavil, caviling, …
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FORMALITY — Synonyms and related words : Procrustean law, act, baccalaureate service, bienseance, bill, bylaw, canon, celebration, ceremonial, ceremony, circumstance, civility, code, …
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EUPHUISM — Synonyms and related words : Gongorism, affectation, affectedness, artfulness, artifice, artificiality, asiaticism, device, elegance, euphemism, exquisiteness, figurative language, figurativeness, figure, …
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EUPHEMISM — Synonyms and related words : Gongorism, affectation, affectedness, amelioration, artfulness, artifice, artificiality, cushioning, elegance, euphuism, exquisiteness, formalism, formality, goody-goodness, goody-goodyism, …
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ELEGANCE — Synonyms and related words : Babylonian splendor, acquired taste, amenities, appreciation of excellence, arabesque, attractiveness, baroque, baroqueness, beauteousness, beautifulness, beauty, …
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ARTIFICE — Synonyms and related words : Gongorism, Italian hand, Machiavellianism, action, acuteness, ad hoc measure, adeptness, adroitness, affectation, affectedness, ambidexterity, answer, …
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ARTFULNESS — Synonyms and related words : Gongorism, Italian hand, ability, acuteness, address, adeptness, adroitness, affectation, affectedness, airmanship, animal cunning, art, artifice, …
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AFFECTATION — Synonyms and related words : Barnumism, Gongorism, act, acting, action, actions, activity, acts, address, affectedness, air, airs, appearance, artfulness, artifice, …
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GONGORISM — Synonyms and related words : affectation, affectedness, artfulness, artifice, artificiality, euphemism, euphuism, hyperelegance, manneredness, mannerism, overelaboration, overelegance, overniceness, overrefinement, preciosity, …
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