Hypertext Webster Gateway: "excessive"
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) (web1913)
Excessive \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.
From WordNet (r) 1.7 (wn)
excessive
adj 1: beyond normal limits; "excessive charges"; "a book of
inordinate length"; "his dress stops just short of
undue elegance"; "unreasonable demands" [syn: {inordinate},
{undue}, {unreasonable}]
2: unrestrained in especially feelings; "extravagant praise";
"exuberant compliments"; "overweening ambition";
"overweening greed" [syn: {extravagant}, {exuberant}, {overweening}]
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