excessive : Dictionary / Wörterbuch (BEOLINGUS, TU Chemnitz)

English Dictionary: excessive	by the DICT Development Group
2 results for excessive
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
excessive adj beyond normal limits; "excessive charges"; "a book of inordinate length"; "his dress stops just short of undue elegance"; "unreasonable demands" Synonym(s): excessive, inordinate, undue, unreasonable unrestrained, especially with regard to feelings; "extravagant praise"; "exuberant compliments"; "overweening ambition"; "overweening greed" Synonym(s): excessive, extravagant, exuberant, overweening
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Excessive \Excess"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} --{Excessively}, adv. -{Excess"ive*ness}, n.