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 Definitions of excessive  [ɪkˈsɛs ɪv]  

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Definition of 'excessive' Random House Webster's College Dictionary 

1. (adj.) excessive
going beyond the usual, necessary, or proper limit or degree; characterized by excess.

Etymology:  (1350–1400; ME excessif < MF)

Definition of 'excessive' Princeton's WordNet 

1. (adj) excessive, inordinate, undue, unreasonable
beyond normal limits
"excessive charges"; "a book of inordinate length"; "his dress stops just short of undue elegance"; "unreasonable demands"

2. (adj) excessive, extravagant, exuberant, overweening
unrestrained, especially with regard to feelings
"extravagant praise"; "exuberant compliments"; "overweening ambition"; "overweening greed"


Definition of 'excessive' Kernerman English Learner’s Dictionary 

1. (adjective) excessive
extreme
excessive rainfall; A symptom can be excessive drowsiness.


Definition of 'excessive' Webster Dictionary 

1. (adj) excessive
characterized by, or exhibiting, excess; overmuch


Translation of 'excessive' Kernerman English Multilingual Dictionary 

Sense: beyond what is right and proper
The manager expects them to do an excessive amount of work.

Afrikaans flag Afrikaans: oordadige Arabic flag Arabic: مُفْرِط، مُتَجاوِز، زيادَ Bulgarian flag Bulgarian: прекалено много
Brazilian flag Brazilian: excessivo Czech flag Czech: nadměrný German flag German: übermäßig
Danish flag Danish: overdreven; urimelig Greek flag Greek: υπερβολικός Spanish flag Spanish: excesivo
Estonian flag Estonian: ülemäärane Farsi flag Farsi: بیش از حد؛ زیادی Finnish flag Finnish: kohtuuton
French flag French: excessif Hebrew flag Hebrew: מוּפרָז Hindi flag Hindi: अधिक
Croatian flag Croatian: prekomjeran, pretjeran Hungarian flag Hungarian: túlzott Indonesian flag Indonesian: berlebih-lebihan
Icelandic flag Icelandic: óhóflegur Italian flag Italian: eccessivo Japanese flag Japanese: 過度の
Korean flag Korean: 과도한 Lithuanian flag Lithuanian: perviršinis, pernelyg did Latvian flag Latvian: pārmērīgs
Malay flag Malay: berlebih-lebihan Dutch flag Dutch: buitensporig Norwegian flag Norwegian: overdreven, usedvanlig st
Polish flag Polish: dodatkowy, nadmierny Persian flag Persian: بیش از حد؛ زیادی Pashto flag Pashto: پريمانى
Portuguese flag Portuguese: excessivo Romanian flag Romanian: exagerat Russian flag Russian: чрезмерный
Slovak flag Slovak: nadmerný Slovenian flag Slovenian: prekomeren Serbian flag Serbian: preteran
Swedish flag Swedish: överdrivet, omåttlig, ori Thai flag Thai: ซึ่งมากเกินกว่าจะยอมรับได Turkish flag Turkish: aşırı
Taiwanese flag Taiwanese: 過分的 Ukrainian flag Ukrainian: надмірний Urdu flag Urdu: حد سے متجاوز
Vietnamese flag Vietnamese: quá mức Chinese flag Chinese: 过分的

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