What does excessive mean?
Definitions for excessive
ɪkˈsɛs ɪvex·ces·sive
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Princeton's WordNet
excessive, inordinate, undue, unreasonable(adj)
beyond normal limits
"excessive charges"; "a book of inordinate length"; "his dress stops just short of undue elegance"; "unreasonable demands"
excessive, extravagant, exuberant, overweening(adj)
unrestrained, especially with regard to feelings
"extravagant praise"; "exuberant compliments"; "overweening ambition"; "overweening greed"
Wiktionary
excessive(Adjective)
Exceeding the usual bounds of something; extravagant; immoderate.
"I personally consider putting a wide vibrato on a single 16th triplet note at 160 beats per minute rather excessive, nay even stupid."
Webster Dictionary
Excessive(adj)
characterized by, or exhibiting, excess; overmuch
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Adjectives Frequency
Rank popularity for the word 'excessive' in Adjectives Frequency: #679
Numerology
Chaldean Numerology
The numerical value of excessive in Chaldean Numerology is: 9
Pythagorean Numerology
The numerical value of excessive in Pythagorean Numerology is: 3
Examples of excessive in a Sentence
We started the year assuming we would see four rate hikes in the United States but now people think we will see two and the risk is of less than two which is a benign development for emerging markets, the risk of excessive increases in financing risks is no longer there.
Frugality should ever be practised, but not excessive parsimony.
We know that there's ingrained corruption that supports this excessive deforestation.
It's no surprise to see markets rebounding after the excessive movements seen over the last few weeks.
My client was a political pawn, nothing can give him the year back that he had in federal prison, and he’s the first to say he did do something wrong, but the punishment was excessive.
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- زائد, مبالغArabic
- прекаленBulgarian
- excessiuCatalan, Valencian
- nadměrnýCzech
- übermäßig, exzessivGerman
- υπέρμετρος, υπερβολικόςGreek
- troa, ekscesaEsperanto
- excesivoSpanish
- بیش از اندازهPersian
- excessifFrench
- anabarrachScottish Gaelic
- túlzottHungarian
- ավելորդArmenian
- terlalu banyakIndonesian
- óhóflegurIcelandic
- eccessivoItalian
- מוגזםHebrew
- 過度Japanese
- 과도Korean
- nimiusLatin
- tuheneMāori
- overmatigDutch
- nadmierny, wygórowanyPolish
- excessivoPortuguese
- excesivă, excesivRomanian
- лишний, чрезмерный, избыточный, излишний, чрезмерноеRussian
- överdrivenSwedish
- அதிகப்படியானTamil
- అధికTelugu
- aşırıTurkish
- 過多Chinese
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