Overcolour
Definition, Meaning & Examples
Part of speech verb
Quick meaning: Overcolour is a verb meaning (figurative, transitive) To exaggerate.
Meaning
(figurative, transitive) To exaggerate.
More Meanings
- (painting) Colour that is superimposed on another previously applied to obtain a different gradation, or a particular transparency effect.
Example Sentences
He was seized after a minute, face to face with his actual comrade, with the impulse to overcolour.
He never sought to gain or augment the confidence of his followers by concealing facts, minimising difficulties, or overcolouring expectations.
But simultaneously, the growing force of her mind's intelligence, wherein was no enthusiasm to misdirect by overcolouring, enabled her to gather more than a suspicion of comparative feebleness in the man stripped of his terrors.
Word Forms
- overcolours
- overcolouring
- overcoloured
- overcolor
Related Words
Related dictionary entries include overcolor, overblow, overexaggerate, overcharge, overlash, hyperexaggerate.
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