excessiveness

excessiveness
noun see excessive

New Collegiate Dictionary. 2001.

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  • excessiveness — excessive ► ADJECTIVE ▪ more than is necessary, normal, or desirable. DERIVATIVES excessively adverb excessiveness noun …   English terms dictionary

  • Excessiveness — Excessive Ex*cess ive ([e^]k*s[e^]s [i^]v), a. [Cf. F. excessif.] Characterized by, or exhibiting, excess; overmuch. [1913 Webster] Excessive grief [is] the enemy to the living. Shak. Syn: Undue; exorbitant; extreme; overmuch; enormous;… …   The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

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  • excessiveness — noun The property of being excessive …   Wiktionary

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  • excessiveness — (Roget s Thesaurus II) noun A condition of going or being beyond what is needed, desired, or appropriate: embarrassment, excess, exorbitance, extravagance, extravagancy, extravagantness, overabundance, plethora, superabundance, superfluity, super …   English dictionary for students

  • excessiveness — n. immoderateness, going beyond what is normal, extreme quality …   English contemporary dictionary

  • excessiveness — ex·ces·sive·ness …   English syllables

  • excessiveness — noun immoderation as a consequence of going beyond sufficient or permitted limits • Syn: ↑excess, ↑inordinateness • Derivationally related forms: ↑inordinate (for: ↑inordinateness), ↑excessive …   Useful english dictionary

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