About The Word Excess
Learn about the word Excess to help solve your crossword puzzle. Discover Excess definitions and meaning, origins, synonyms, related terms and more at the free Crossword Dictionary.
Excess
| Excess Definition And Meaning |
|---|
What's The Definition Of Excess?
[n] excessive indulgence; "the child was spoiled by overindulgence"
[n] immoderation as a consequence of going beyond sufficient or permitted limits [n] a quantity much larger than is needed [n] the state of being more than full [adj] more than is needed, desired, or required; "trying to lose excess weight"; "found some extra change lying on the dresser"; "yet another book on heraldry might be thought redundant"; "skills made redundant by technological advance"; "sleeping in the spare room"; "supernumerary ornamentation"; "it was supererogatory of her to gloat"; "delete superfluous (or unnecessary) words"; "extra ribs as well as other supernumerary internal parts"; "surplus cheese distributed to the needy" Synonyms | Synonyms for Excess: excessiveness | extra | inordinateness | overabundance | overindulgence | redundant | spare | supererogatory | superfluous | supernumerary | surfeit | surplus | surplus | surplusage | unnecessary | unneeded Related Terms | Find terms related to Excess: aggrandizement | amplification | ballyhoo | big talk | blowing up | burlesque | caricature | crapulence | crapulency | crapulousness | de trop | debauchery | dilatation | dilation | disentitlement | dispensable | dissipation | dissoluteness | drunkenness | empty claim | empty title | enhancement | enlargement | exaggerating | exaggeration | excessive | excessiveness | exorbitance | exorbitancy | expansion | expendable | expletive | extortionateness | extra | extravagance | extreme | false claim | fat | glut | gluttony | grandiloquence | gratuitous | heightening | huckstering | hyperbole | hyperbolism | immoderacy | immoderateness | immoderation | impropriety | in excess | inappropriateness | incontinence | indiscipline | indulgence | inflation | inordinacy | inordinateness | intemperance | intemperateness | inundation | invalid claim | lack of claim | leftover | leftovers | magnification | needless | nimiety | no claim | nonessential | outrageousness | overabundance | overage | overbalance | overdoing | overemphasis | overestimation | overflow | overflowing | overgrowth | overindulgence | overkill | overmeasure | overmuch | overpass | overplus | overproduction | overrun | overrunning | overspill | overspreading | overstatement | overstock | oversupply | pleonastic | plethora | plus | preposterousness | prodigality | profuseness | profusion | prolix | puffery | puffing up | redundancy | redundant | remaining | residual | Saturnalia | self-indulgence | self-restraint | sensationalism | spare | stretching | superabundance | supererogation | supererogatory | superfluity | superfluous | superiority | superlative | supernumerary | surfeit | surplus | surplusage | swinishness | tall talk | tautologic | tautologous | to spare | too much | too-muchness | touting | travesty | uncalled-for | unconscionableness | unconstraint | uncontrol | undeservedness | undeservingness | undueness | unentitledness | unessential | unmeritedness | unnecessary | unneeded | unreasonableness | unrestraint | verbose See Also | embarrassment | exorbitance | fullness | humoring | immoderateness | immoderation | indulgence | indulging | nimiety | outrageousness | overabundance | overmuch | overmuchness | overplus | pampering | plethora | superabundance | superfluity Excess In Webster's Dictionary \Ex*cess"\, n. [OE. exces, excess, ecstasy, L. excessus a
going out, loss of self-possession, fr. excedere, excessum,
to go out, go beyond: cf. F. exc[`e]s. See {Exceed}.]
1. The state of surpassing or going beyond limits; the being
of a measure beyond sufficiency, necessity, or duty; that
which exceeds what is usual or prover; immoderateness;
superfluity; superabundance; extravagance; as, an excess
of provisions or of light.
To gild refined gold, to paint the lily, To throw a
perfume on the violet, . . . Is wasteful and
ridiculous excess. --Shak.
That kills me with excess of grief, this with excess
of joy. --Walsh.
2. An undue indulgence of the appetite; transgression of
proper moderation in natural gratifications; intemperance;
dissipation.
Be not drunk with wine, wherein is excess. --Eph. v.
18.
Thy desire . . . leads to no excess That reaches
blame. --Milton.
3. The degree or amount by which one thing or number exceeds
another; remainder; as, the difference between two numbers
is the excess of one over the other.
{Spherical excess} (Geom.), the amount by which the sum of
the three angles of a spherical triangle exceeds two right
angles. The spherical excess is proportional to the area
of the triangle.
|
More Crossword Puzzle Words
A | B | C | D | E | F | G | H | I | J | K | L | M | N | O | P | Q | R | S | T | U | V | W | X | Y | Z
Cross Word Of The Day
- Elementary school ‐ a school for young children; usually the first 6…
- Press stud ‐ a fastener used…
- Butterfly valve ‐ a valve in a carburetor that consists of a disc that turns and…
- Cuirass ‐ medieval body armor that covers the…
- Stole ‐ a wide scarf worn about their…
- European perch ‐ a perch native…
- Anseriformes ‐ ducks; geese; swans;…
- Tepic ‐ a city in west…
- Actinomycin ‐ any of various red antibiotics isolated from…
- Pluckiness ‐ the trait of showing courage and determination in spite of possible…