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Excessive

Excessive Definition And Meaning
What's The Definition Of Excessive? [adj] beyond normal limits; "excessive charges"; "a book of inordinate length"; "his dress stops just short of undue elegance"; "unreasonable demands" [adj] unrestrained in especially feelings; "extravagant praise"; "exuberant compliments"; "overweening ambition"; "overweening greed" Synonyms \| Synonyms for Excessive: extravagant \| exuberant \| immoderate \| inordinate \| overweening \| undue \| unreasonable \| unrestrained Related Terms \| Find terms related to Excessive: a bit much \| abandoned \| acute \| aggrandized \| amplified \| ballyhooed \| bibulous \| boundless \| cloying \| crapulent \| crapulous \| cutthroat \| cutting \| disgusting \| disproportionate \| dissipated \| dizzy \| drastic \| egregious \| enormous \| exacting \| exaggerated \| excess \| exorbitant \| extortionate \| extravagant \| extreme \| fabulous \| fancy \| fierce \| fulsome \| furious \| gigantic \| gluttonous \| gouging \| grandiloquent \| great \| grossly overpriced \| high \| high-flown \| hyperbolic \| hypertrophied \| immoderate \| improper \| inappropriate \| incontinent \| indulgent \| inflated \| inflationary \| inordinate \| intemperate \| intense \| keen \| limitless \| magnified \| monstrous \| nauseating \| out of bounds \| out of sight \| outrageous \| over \| overbig \| overboard \| overdeveloped \| overdone \| overdrawn \| overemphasized \| overemphatic \| overestimated \| overgreat \| overgrown \| overindulgent \| overindulging \| overlarge \| overmuch \| overpraised \| overpriced \| oversold \| overstated \| overstressed \| overweening \| overwrought \| piercing \| preposterous \| prodigal \| profuse \| prohibitive \| puffed \| rigorous \| rough \| self-indulgent \| severe \| sharp \| sky-high \| skyrocketing \| spiraling \| splitting \| steep \| stiff \| stretched \| super \| superfluous \| superlative \| supernatural \| swinish \| too much \| tough \| touted \| towering \| unbounded \| unbridled \| unconscionable \| unconstrained \| uncontrolled \| undisciplined \| undue \| unfrugal \| unjustifiable \| unlimited \| unmeasurable \| unmeasured \| unreasonable \| unrestrained \| untempered \| unthrifty \| unwarranted \| usurious \| vehement \| venomous \| violent \| virulent See Also \| Excessive In Webster's Dictionary \Excess"ive\, a. [Cf. F. excessif.] Characterized by, or exhibiting, excess; overmuch. Excessive grief [is] the enemy to the living. --Shak. Syn: Undue; exorbitant; extreme; overmuch; enormous; immoderate; monstrous; intemperate; unreasonable. See {Enormous} --{Excessively}, adv. -{Excess"iveness}, n.

Excessive Definition And Meaning

What's The Definition Of Excessive?

[adj] beyond normal limits; "excessive charges"; "a book of inordinate length"; "his dress stops just short of undue elegance"; "unreasonable demands"
[adj] unrestrained in especially feelings; "extravagant praise"; "exuberant compliments"; "overweening ambition"; "overweening greed"

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Excessive In Webster's Dictionary

\Ex*cess"ive\, a. [Cf. F. excessif.]
Characterized by, or exhibiting, excess; overmuch.

      Excessive grief [is] the enemy to the living. --Shak.

Syn: Undue; exorbitant; extreme; overmuch; enormous;
     immoderate; monstrous; intemperate; unreasonable. See
     {Enormous} --{Ex*cess*ive*ly}, adv. -{Ex*cess"ive*ness},
     n.

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