| Pronunciation: | | ik'sesiv
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| Matching Terms: | | excessively, excessiveness
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- [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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| | Synonyms: | | extravagant, exuberant, immoderate, inordinate, overweening, undue, unreasonable, unrestrained |
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| Webster's 1913 Dictionary |
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| | Definition: | | \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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