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41excessive — adjective Date: 14th century exceeding what is usual, proper, necessary, or normal • excessively adverb • excessiveness noun Synonyms: excessive, immoderate, inordinate, extravagant, exorbitant, extreme mean going beyond a normal limit. excessive …
42extreme — I (New American Roget s College Thesaurus) adj. remote, utmost, farthest, last, final, ultra, radical, drastic; excessive, inordinate, deep, intense, desperate, outrageous, immoderate, greatest. See end, greatness. II (Roget s IV) modif. 1. [The… …
43undue — I (New American Roget s College Thesaurus) adj. unjust, inequitable; improper, inappropriate; extreme, excessive, immoderate, inordinate, exorbitant, unwarranted. See injustice. II (Roget s IV) modif. Syn. improper, illegal, indecorous, unfair,… …
44excessive — [ek ses′iv, ikses′iv] adj. [ME & OFr excessif < ML excessivus] characterized by excess; being too much or too great; immoderate; inordinate excessively adv. excessiveness n. SYN. EXCESSIVE applies to that which goes beyond what is proper,… …
45ex|ces´sive|ness — ex|ces|sive «ehk SEHS ihv», adjective. too much; too great; going beyond what is necessary or right; extreme: »Ten dollars is an excessive price for five pounds of sugar. Many teen agers spend an excessive amount of time on the telephone.… …
46ex|ces´sive|ly — ex|ces|sive «ehk SEHS ihv», adjective. too much; too great; going beyond what is necessary or right; extreme: »Ten dollars is an excessive price for five pounds of sugar. Many teen agers spend an excessive amount of time on the telephone.… …
47ex|ces|sive — «ehk SEHS ihv», adjective. too much; too great; going beyond what is necessary or right; extreme: »Ten dollars is an excessive price for five pounds of sugar. Many teen agers spend an excessive amount of time on the telephone. –ex|ces´sive|ly,… …
48Avarice — Av a*rice ([a^]v [.a]*r[i^]s), n. [F. avaritia, fr. avarus avaricious, prob. fr. av[=e]re to covet, fr. a root av to satiate one s self: cf. Gr. a menai, a^sai, to satiate, Skr. av to satiate one s self, rejoice, protect.] 1. An excessive or… …
49covetous — adjective Date: 13th century 1. marked by inordinate desire for wealth or possessions or for another s possessions 2. having a craving for possession < covetous of power > • covetously adverb • covetousness noun Synonyms …
50Beetle — Beetles redirects here. For the band, see The Beatles. For the car, see Volkswagen Beetle. This article is about the insect. For other uses, see Beetle (disambiguation). Beetle Temporal range: 318–0 Ma …
