excessive
/ɪkˈsɛsɪv/
excessive adjective: exceeding the usual bounds of something; too much (of amount); extravagant; immoderate.
Adjective
excessive (comparative more excessive, superlative most excessive)
- 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, horrendous, de trop, extravagant, extreme, immoderate, intemperate, lavish, nimious, obscene
- Antonyms:
- insufficient, deficient
excessive meaning in Hindi, Tamil, Marathi and Urdu
excessive in Hindi
- exceeding the bounds of something
- अतिरिक्त atirikt
excessive in Tamil
- அளவுக்கு மேல், அதிகமான, மிகுதியான, மிக்க, மிகுந்த, மிதமிஞ்சிய
excessive in Marathi
- excessive, incalculable
- बेसुमार besumār
- excessive, above, beyond
- अधिक adhik
excessive in Urdu
- excessive; spare; extra
- فالتو fāltū
- excessive
- اتیاچاری atyācārī, کمال kamāl
- excessive; extravagant
- فضول fuzūl
More languagesFewer languages
- excessive in Bengali
- অতিরিক্ত otirikto, আজুড়ে ajuṛe, আজাইড়া ajaiṛa
- excessive in Telugu
- అత్యంతము atyantamu, ప్రాచుర్యము prācuryamu
- excessive in Malayalam
- ജാസ്തി jāsti
- excessive in Kannada
- ಹೆಚ್ಚು heccu
- excessive in Punjabi
- زیادہ zyāda, ਜ਼ਿਆਦਾ ziādā
- excessive in Gujarati
- અતિવૃષ્ટિ ativŕṣṭi
- excessive in Odia
- ଖୁବ୍ khub, ଅଧିକ adhika, ଅତିରେକ atireka, ଦୀର୍ଘ dirgha
- excessive in Sanskrit
- उरु urú, उत्कट utkaṭa
- excessive in Tagalog
- labis
- excessive in Arabic
- مُفْرِط mufriṭ, زَائِد zāʔid
Examples of excessive in a sentence
- He is a live example of the consequences of excessive drinking.
- Corrective lenses compensate for the excessive positive diopters of the myopic eye.
- An excessive sink rate at touchdown can cause the aircraft's landing gear to collapse.
Synonyms of excessive
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Antonyms
Forms of excessive
| comparative | more excessive |
|---|---|
| superlative | most excessive |
Origin of excessive
From Middle English excessive, excessif, from Old French excessif, from Medieval Latin excessivus, equivalent to excess + -ive.
Words formed from excessive
Phrases with excessive
Words that rhyme with excessive
- incessive
- progressive
- aggressive
- ingressive
- oppressive
- depressive
- egressive
- essive
- expressive
- impressive
- obsessive
- possessive
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- recessive
- successive
- accessive
- caressive
- concessive
- degressive
- digressive
- double possessive
- passive-aggressive
- pressive
- regressive
- retrogressive
- transgressive
- abessive
- addressive
- adessive
- alloaggressive
- allosuppressive
- antessive
- antidepressive
- antiexpressive
- antioppressive
- antiprogressive
- antirepressive
- anxiodepressive
- atheroprogressive
- atherosuppressive
- autogressive
- autoregressive
- autorepressive
- brogressive
- cardiodepressive
- cardiosuppressive
- compressive
- concrescive
- confessive
- congressive
- corepressive
- crescive
- decompressive
- derepressive
- dispossessive
- effervescive
- exessive
- fauxgressive
- fibrosuppressive
- future perfect progressive
- future progressive
Questions about excessive
- What does excessive mean?
- Excessive means exceeding the usual bounds of something; too much (of amount); extravagant; immoderate.
- What is excessive in Hindi?
- Excessive in Hindi is अतिरिक्त (atirikt). See Excessive meaning in Hindi.
- What part of speech is excessive?
- Excessive is an adjective.
- How do you pronounce excessive?
- Excessive is pronounced /ɪkˈsɛsɪv/.
Words near excessive in the dictionary
Source and license
Adapted from Wiktionary: excessive (page history and authors); excessive (Tamil Wiktionary) (page history and authors); अधिक (Marathi) (page history and authors); اتیاچاری (Urdu) (page history and authors); অতিরিক্ত (Bengali) (page history and authors); అత్యంతము (Telugu) (page history and authors); ജാസ്തി (Malayalam) (page history and authors); ಹೆಚ್ಚು (Kannada) (page history and authors); زیادہ (Punjabi) (page history and authors); અતિવૃષ્ટિ (Gujarati) (page history and authors); ଅତିରେକ (Odia) (page history and authors); उत्कट (Sanskrit) (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.
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