excessive
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excessive
- /ɪkˈsɛsɪv/
Sounds like exessive · Rhymes with -ɛsɪv
Where it comes from
From Middle English excessive, excessif, from Old French excessif, from Medieval Latin excessivus, equivalent to excess + -ive.
adjective more excessive · most excessive
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Exceeding the usual bounds of something; too much (of amount); extravagant; immoderate.
The movie's excessive use of special effects distracted from the plot.
Similar: devilish, excessive, horrendous, de trop, extravagant, extreme, immoderate, intemperate, lavish, nimious, obscene, overmuch · Opposite: insufficient, deficient
Opposite: deficient, insufficient, moderate
Thesaurus
Closest in meaning: undue, inordinate, extravagant, overweening, exuberant, immoderate, unreasonable, unrestrained, overly, exorbitant, exaggerated, overreaction, overstatement, over-the-top, overblown, overambitious
adjective
Opposite: deficient, insufficient, moderate
Translations
Every language
adj exceeding the bounds of something
| Español | excesivo |
|---|---|
| 한국어 | 과도의 gwado-ui |
| 日本語 | 過度の kado no |
| 中文 | 過度 /过度 guòdù, 過分 /过分 guòfèn |
| हिन्दी | अतिरिक्त atirikt |
| Português | excessivo |
| Français | excessif |
| Deutsch | übermäßig, exzessiv |
| Italiano | eccessivo |
| Ελληνικά | υπερβολικός ypervolikós, υπέρμετρος ypérmetros |
| Română | excesiv |
| Русский | ли́шний líšnij, изли́шний izlíšnij, чрезме́рный črezmérnyj, избы́точный izbýtočnyj |
| العربية | مُفْرِط mufriṭ, زَائِد zāʔid |
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