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too much

/tu ˈmʌtʃ/

too much adverb: to a greater extent than is wanted or required; excessively.

Adverb

too much (not comparable)

  1. To a greater extent than is wanted or required; excessively.
    • You talk (much/far/rather) too much.
    • I was too much affected by their criticisms.
  2. To a sufficiently strong degree to prevent some other action from happening.
    • I'm not leaving now ... I'm enjoying myself too much!

Determiner

too much

  1. More (of something) than is desirable or required.
    • You ate too much cake at the party, and that's why you feel sick.
    • There's far too much attention being paid to it.
  2. Much; even a moderate amount of.
    • They call it a beach, but there isn't too much sand there.

Adjective

too much (not comparable)

  1. (informal) Amusing; entertaining.
    • Oh, my dear, you really are too much.

Pronoun

too much

  1. A quantity which is excessive to the point of being inappropriate, harmful, or overwhelming.
    • You expect too much from your employees.
    • Patient: ...too much is bad for you.
    • Doctor: Well of course too much is bad for you, that's what "too much" means, you blithering twat. If you had too much water, it would be bad for you, wouldn't it? "Too much" precisely means that quantity which is excessive, that's what it means. Could you ever say "too much water is good for you"?...1989 January 27, Stephen Fry et al., “Doctor Tobacco”, in A Bit of Fry and Laurie, season 1, episode 3
  2. Something that is absurdly funny or inappropriate.
    • You really are too much!

Interjection

too much!

  1. An expression of satisfaction.
    • Too much, man! That was great!

too much meaning in Hindi, Tamil, Urdu and Kannada

too much in Hindi

too much
ज़्यादा zyādā, बहुत bahut, अधिक adhik

too much in Tamil

excessively
அதிகம் atikam

too much in Urdu

too much, a lot, excess
خطیر xatīr
too much
ادھک adhik

too much in Kannada

ಅಕಳಸಕಳ
More languagesFewer languages
too much in Odia
ଅତିରେକ atireka, ବେଶି beśi, ମହା mahā
too much in Sanskrit
अतीव atīva
too much in Nepali
धेरै dherai
too much in Tagalog
sobra, masyado
too much in Malay
terlalu banyak
too much in Indonesian
terlalu banyak, terlalu
too much in Thai
เกินไป gəən-bpai, มากไป mâak-bpai
too much in Vietnamese
nhiều quá

Words formed from too much

Questions about too much

What does too much mean?
Too much means to a greater extent than is wanted or required; excessively.
What is too much in Hindi?
Too much in Hindi is ज़्यादा (zyādā), बहुत (bahut), अधिक (adhik). See Too much meaning in Hindi.
What part of speech is too much?
Too much can be an adverb, a determiner, an adjective or a pronoun.
How do you pronounce too much?
Too much is pronounced /tu ˈmʌtʃ/.

Words near too much in the dictionary

  1. too many cooks spoil the broth
  2. too many cooks spoil the soup
  3. too many cooks spoil the stew
  4. too many cooks spoils the broth
  5. Too Many Mouths
  6. too much
  7. too much bed makes a dull head
  8. too much information
  9. too much of a good thing
  10. too much pudding will choke a dog
  11. too much water drowned the miller

Source and license

Adapted from Wiktionary: too much (page history and authors); अधिक (Hindi) (page history and authors); ادھک (Urdu) (page history and authors); too much (Kannada Wiktionary) (page history and authors); ଅତିରେକ (Odia) (page history and authors); धेरै (Nepali) (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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