adv
As much as desired, to one's fill, without restriction.
n
Exaggerated representation.
n
The act of exaggerating; the act of doing or representing in an excessive manner; a going beyond the bounds of truth, reason, or justice; a hyperbolical representation; hyperbole; overstatement.
n
(obsolete) The act of eating out or through.
n
(authorship) A portion of a story that contains an excessive amount of exposition.
v
(acting) To overact; to act with exaggerated emotions.
n
(countable) An instance or example of such overstatement.
n
(countable) An instance of hyperbole
v
To overemphasize an emotion, and to create associations etc.
n
Excessive compensation for something.
n
Excessive consumption of goods (as a sociological phenomenon).
n
(uncountable) Distribution on a massive scale.
n
Makeup, cosmetics, or its application, especially in theatrical or excessive use.
n
Alternative form of overaccommodation [(sociolinguistics) excessive convergence; the situation where a speaker is overaccommodative]
n
An excessive level of consumption
n
Alternative form of overreliance. [Excessive reliance.]
n
The provision of excessive concessions and accommodation to another's desires.
n
accumulation of too much
adj
Excessively actuated (such as to cause damage)
n
(chiefly music) Excessive amplification.
n
Excessive assessment of an academic course, as by requiring too many pieces of work from each student.
adj
Having ingested too much caffeine, especially in the form of coffee.
n
Alternative form of overcapitalization [The state of being overcapitalized.]
adj
Excessively compensative
adj
Excessively compressed; subject to overcompression.
v
To condition excessively
n
Alternative form of overconfluence [(biology) Excessive confluence]
n
The correction of something to an excessive degree.
v
To damp a system more than would be necessary to prevent oscillation
n
Excessive reliance or dependence on something.
n
Designing too specifically or to too great an extent.
adj
(biology, medicine) Overgrown.
n
excessive directing of an actor to the detriment of his/her natural talent
n
A divergence to an excessive degree.
n
An excessively large dose.
n
Something overdramatized.
n
(uncountable, figuratively) A state of heightened activity.
v
To display emotion excessive for the situation.
n
The condition of being overemployed.
n
excessive exertion; so much exertion that discomfort or injury results
n
Excessive expansion, especially expansion that is not sustainable
adj
Excessively explored or investigated.
n
Of a famous person, excessive publicity, publication or reporting regarding that person.
n
(linguistics) Application of a term to too many referents, as for example when a child uses cat to refer to all animals.
n
The generation of too much or too many of something; overproduction.
n
The process of overglamorizing.
adj
Having large numbers of plants which have become too big, and are hence spoiling the picturesqueness of a garden.
n
The incarceration of too many people.
n
An act of overindulging; indulgence in too much; pleasure or consumption taken in excess of what is satisfying or necessary.
n
Alternative form of overindulgence [An act of overindulging; indulgence in too much; pleasure or consumption taken in excess of what is satisfying or necessary.]
v
To treat something in an excessively intellectual manner
n
The interrogation of a transponder by too many ground stations.
n
(manufacturing) An unnecessary excess of disposal because of too high criteria of inspection.
n
(obsolete) excess; exaggeration
adj
Having too much motivation.
n
Excessive parenting, as by being overprotective towards one's child.
adj
Excessively percolated.
adj
(informal) Excessively percolated.
adj
Alternative spelling of overpressurized [Excessively pressurized]
n
Excessive physical projection, typically of the tip of the nose.
n
the act of pronating too much
n
The excessive prosecution of some kind of crime.
v
To react too much or too intensely.
n
Excessive regulation; the imposition of excessive rules and regulations
n
Excessive scattering; scattering too far or too much.
n
The process or result of oversignifying; (attachment of) excessive significance (to something).
n
(music, derogatory) The excessive use of melisma in singing.
adj
Having undergone too much therapy.
n
The production of excessive torque in an engine.
adj
(genetics) transmitted excessively
adj
Excessively unionized.
adj
Subjected to too much work.
n
An excessive accumulation; a superfluous addition.
n
The action of some organ in excess of what is normal.
v
(intransitive, reflexive) To become sick from overindulgence (both literally and figuratively).
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