overgrown

adjective

over·​grown ˌō-vər-ˈgrōn How to pronounce overgrown (audio)
Synonyms of overgrownnext
: grown abnormally or excessively large
dismissed him as an overgrown adolescent

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The garden is overgrown with weeds. He acts like an overgrown child.
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Battered cars with numbers sprayed on their sides are whipping around the dirt track of the Lebanon Valley Speedway, loose fenders flopping like overgrown bangs in the swirling dust. — Alison Willmore, Vulture, 5 Aug. 2026 And there’s nothing wrong with a bench on a porch, picket fence, and overgrown grass, watching the world go by. — Brian Hiatt, Rolling Stone, 2 Aug. 2026 Lands that are neither plantation nor agriculture, and that become overgrown through disuse, are known in Spain as monte. — M. R. O’Connor, New Yorker, 1 Aug. 2026 Investigators found the neighbor dead, lying face down in an overgrown patch of vegetation behind a chicken coop. — Nadine El-Bawab, ABC News, 31 July 2026 See All Example Sentences for overgrown

Word History

First Known Use

14th century, in the meaning defined above

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The first known use of overgrown was in the 14th century

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overgrown

adjective
: grown unusually or too big
overgrown boys
overgrown cities

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