excessive
adj/ɪkˈsɛsɪv/
Etymology From Middle English excessive, excessif, from Old French excessif, from Medieval Latin excessivus, equivalent to excess + -ive.
1
Exceeding the usual bounds of something; too much (of amount); extravagant; immoderate.
- The movie's excessive use of special effects distracted from the plot.
- "You can throw off your cumbersome disguise here," said Lucy, though the words could scarcely be distinguished, from her excessive agitation, Evelyn hastily caught up a cloak and cap laid ready for him, and a few minutes brought them into the sitting-room.1834, L[etitia] E[lizabeth] L[andon], chapter VII, in Francesca Carrara. […], volume III, London: Richard Bentley, […], (successor to Henry Colburn), →OCLC, page 54:
- Synonyms
- devilish, excessive, de trop, extravagant, extreme, immoderate, intemperate, lavish, nimious, obscene, overmuch, overweening, over the top, prodigal, undue, unmeasured, unreasonable, unrestrained, wanton
- Antonyms
- deficient, insufficient, moderate
- Derived terms
- excessively, excessiveness, excessive number, excessivism, nonexcessive, overexcessive, ultraexcessive, ultra-excessive, unexcessive
- Hyponyms
- baroque, decadent, exorbitant, Gatsbyesque, gaudy, greedy, hedonistic, selfish, wasteful