| English Dictionary |
EXCESSIVENESS
| Pronunciation (US): |  | (GB): | |
Dictionary entry overview: What does excessiveness mean?
• EXCESSIVENESS (noun)
The noun EXCESSIVENESS has 1 sense:
1. immoderation as a consequence of going beyond sufficient or permitted limits
Familiarity information: EXCESSIVENESS used as a noun is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
Sense 1
Meaning:
Immoderation as a consequence of going beyond sufficient or permitted limits
Classified under:
Nouns denoting attributes of people and objects
Synonyms:
excess; excessiveness; inordinateness
Hypernyms ("excessiveness" is a kind of...):
immoderateness; immoderation (the quality of being excessive and lacking in moderation)
Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "excessiveness"):
extravagance; extravagancy (the quality of exceeding the appropriate limits of decorum or probability or truth)
exorbitance; outrageousness (excessive excess)
embarrassment; overplus; plethora; superfluity (extreme excess)
Derivation:
excessive (beyond normal limits)
excessive (unrestrained, especially with regard to feelings)
| Learn English with... Proverbs |
"The way the arrow hits the target is more important than the way it is shot; the way you listen is more important than the way you talk." (Bhutanese proverb)
"Older than you by a day, more knowledgeable than you by a year." (Arabic proverb)
"One who scorns is one who buys." (Corsican proverb)