Definitions for: Excessive


[adj] beyond normal limits; "excessive charges"; "a book of inordinate length"; "his dress stops just short of undue elegance"; "unreasonable demands"
[adj] unrestrained in especially feelings; "extravagant praise"; "exuberant compliments"; "overweening ambition"; "overweening greed"



Webster (1913) Definition: Ex*cess"ive, a. [Cf. F. excessif.]
Characterized by, or exhibiting, excess; overmuch.

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.

Synonyms: extravagant, exuberant, immoderate, inordinate, overweening, undue, unreasonable, unrestrained

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