excessive
Adjective Satellite
- beyond normal limits
- "excessive charges"
- unrestrained, especially with regard to feelings
Adj
- Exceeding the usual bounds of something; extravagant; immoderate.
Examples
- Putting a wide vibrato on a single 16th triplet note at 160 beats per minute seems rather excessive.
Origin / Etymology
From Middle English excessive, excessif, from Old French excessif, from Medieval Latin excessivus, equivalent to excess + -ive.
Synonyms
extravagant, exuberant, inordinate, overweening, undue, unreasonable, excessive, extreme, immoderate, intemperate, lavish, nimious, obscene, over the top, overmuch, prodigal, unmeasured, unrestrained, wanton
Antonyms
Scrabble Score: 21
excessive: valid Scrabble (US) TWL Wordexcessive: valid Scrabble Word in Merriam-Webster MW Dictionary
excessive: valid Scrabble Word in International Collins CSW Dictionary