overexplicit
adjective
(alsoover-explicit)uk/ˌəʊ.vər.ɪkˈsplɪs.ɪt/us/ˌoʊ.vɚ.ɪkˈsplɪs.ɪt/moreclearandexactthan isnecessaryorhelpful:
Thedialoguein thissceneis over-explicit in a way that it is not in therestof thefilm.
Thesongmakes over-explicit what would be moresubtlyexpressedthroughmetaphor.
showingortalkingaboutsex,violence, etc. in a way that is toodetailed:
Sheacceptsthat somepeoplethinkhercostumesare overexplicit, butprefersthe word 'sexy' to 'raunchy'.
over-explicit TVdocumentariesaboutsurgery
- Theplaywasexcessiveandnoisy, and everything in it was over-explicit.
- Thecriticscomplainedthat the overexplicittrailertold you more about thefilmthan youwantedtoknow.
- over-explicitlovescenes
Apparent and obvious
- (from) underyournoseidiom
- apparent
- be (as) plain as the nose onyourfaceidiom
- be (right) underyournoseidiom
- be etchedsomewhereidiom
- be writ largeidiom
- foregone conclusion
- glaring
- glaringly
- greet
- I need hardlydo somethingidiom
- in plain sightidiom
- overtly
- palpable
- palpably
- parallax
- patently
- squeaky
- stand/stick out a mileidiom
- writ
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