1.
[syn: excess, excessiveness, inordinateness]
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):
excessiveness
n 1: immoderation as a consequence of going beyond sufficient or
permitted limits [syn: excess, excessiveness,
inordinateness]