overfamiliar
/ˌoʊvərfəˈmɪliər/
adjective
- Too friendly or informal, often in a way that makes others uncomfortable.
- The waiter's overfamiliar comments made the customers want to leave.
- She felt uncomfortable when the stranger became overfamiliar and touched her arm.
- The new intern was overfamiliar with the boss, calling him by his first name right away.
- Too well known or common, so that it becomes boring or loses its effect.
- The song's melody is overfamiliar from being played on the radio too many times.
- The plot twist felt overfamiliar because it was used in so many movies.
- After years of the same routine, the view from his window had become overfamiliar.
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