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Wordnet 3.0

ADJECTIVE (2)

1. beyond normal limits;
- Example: "excessive charges"
- Example: "a book of inordinate length"
- Example: "his dress stops just short of undue elegance"
- Example: "unreasonable demands"
[syn: excessive, inordinate, undue, unreasonable]

2. unrestrained, especially with regard to feelings;
- Example: "extravagant praise"
- Example: "exuberant compliments"
- Example: "overweening ambition"
- Example: "overweening greed"
[syn: excessive, extravagant, exuberant, overweening]



The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:

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;
        immoderate; monstrous; intemperate; unreasonable. See
        Enormous --Ex*cess*ive*ly, adv. -Ex*cess"ive*ness,
        n.
        [1913 Webster]


WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006):

excessive
    adj 1: beyond normal limits; "excessive charges"; "a book of
           inordinate length"; "his dress stops just short of undue
           elegance"; "unreasonable demands" [syn: excessive,
           inordinate, undue, unreasonable]
    2: unrestrained, especially with regard to feelings;
       "extravagant praise"; "exuberant compliments"; "overweening
       ambition"; "overweening greed" [syn: excessive,
       extravagant, exuberant, overweening]