overgrown

Meaning

Adj

1. Having large numbers of plants which have become too big, and are hence spoiling the picturesqueness of a garden.
2. (attributive, derogatory, mildly) Having grown bigger without developing maturity or changing character.

Verb

past participle of overgrow

overgrow

1. (intransitive) To grow beyond one's boundaries or containment, or beyond the proper size.
2. (transitive) To grow over; (of one thing) to cause (a second thing) to become overgrown (with or by the first thing).

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Synonyms

bush

neglected

rank

dense

big

coarsen

exaggerated

full-grown

grownup

grown up

jungle

lush

luxuriant

mature

sluggish

stirred up

tangle

thick

thicket

untended

weeds

wild

too big

be neglected

of excessive size

abandoned

nonjuvenile

adult

🧑

closed

clumsy

coarse

Translations

überwachsen

begroeid

coperto di vegetazione

excesivamente crecido

anormalmente crecido

angebaut

اغبي

أغبى

bewachsen mit

verwildert

gezüchtet

herangewachsen

κατάφυτος

με πρόωρη ανάπτυξη

اغبا

Etymology

From over- + grown.