Excessive indulgence spoiled the child.
Source: tatoeba (23607)
Excessive
//ɪkˈsɛsɪv//
Synonyms for "excessive" (179 found)
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Strong matches (54)
Related words (89)
overdoneoverdrawnoveremphasizedoveremphaticoverestimatedovergreatovergrownoverindulgentoverindulgingoverlargeovermuchoverpraisedoverpricedoversoldoverstatedoverstressedoverweeningoverwroughtpiercingplentiful
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Adjective(3 words)
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2 entriesRelated terms
2 entriesderived
9 entriesrelated to
4 entriessimilar
2 entriesTranslations
63 translations across 39 languages.
Ancient Greek
2 entries- μέγας adj (exceeding the bounds of something)
- ὑπέρμετρος adj (exceeding the bounds of something)
Arabic
2 entries- زَائِد adj (exceeding the bounds of something)
- مُفْرِط adj (exceeding the bounds of something)
Armenian
1 entries- ավելորդ adj (exceeding the bounds of something)
Bulgarian
2 entries- прекален adj (exceeding the bounds of something)
- прекомерен adj (exceeding the bounds of something)
Catalan
1 entries- excessiu adj (exceeding the bounds of something)
Chinese Mandarin
2 entries- 過分 /过分 adj (exceeding the bounds of something)
- 過度 /过度 adj (exceeding the bounds of something)
Czech
1 entries- nadměrný adj (exceeding the bounds of something)
Dutch
1 entries- overmatig adj (exceeding the bounds of something)
Esperanto
2 entries- ekscesa adj (exceeding the bounds of something)
- troa adj (exceeding the bounds of something)
Finnish
2 entries- liiallinen adj (exceeding the bounds of something)
- yletön adj (exceeding the bounds of something)
French
1 entries- excessif adj (exceeding the bounds of something)
Galician
1 entries- excesivo adj (exceeding the bounds of something)
Georgian
4 entries- გადამეტებული adj (exceeding the bounds of something)
- გადაჭარბებული adj (exceeding the bounds of something)
- ზედმეტი adj (exceeding the bounds of something)
- ზომაგადასული adj (exceeding the bounds of something)
German
2 entries- exzessiv adj (exceeding the bounds of something)
- übermäßig adj (exceeding the bounds of something)
Greek
2 entries- υπέρμετρος adj (exceeding the bounds of something)
- υπερβολικός adj (exceeding the bounds of something)
Hindi
1 entries- अतिरिक्त adj (exceeding the bounds of something)
Hungarian
1 entries- túlzott adj (exceeding the bounds of something)
Icelandic
1 entries- óhóflegur adj (exceeding the bounds of something)
Irish
1 entries- iomarcach adj (exceeding the bounds of something)
Italian
1 entries- eccessivo adj (exceeding the bounds of something)
Japanese
1 entries- 過度の adj (exceeding the bounds of something)
Korean
1 entries- 과도의 adj (exceeding the bounds of something)
Latin
2 entries- improbus adj (exceeding the bounds of something)
- nimius adj (exceeding the bounds of something)
Latvian
2 entries- pārliecīgs adj (exceeding the bounds of something)
- pārmērīgs adj (exceeding the bounds of something)
Macedonian
2 entries- пре́теран adj (exceeding the bounds of something)
- преку́мерен adj (exceeding the bounds of something)
Māori
3 entries- inati adj (exceeding the bounds of something)
- rikarika adj (exceeding the bounds of something)
- tuhene adj (exceeding the bounds of something)
Norwegian Bokmål
1 entries- overdreven adj (exceeding the bounds of something)
Norwegian Nynorsk
1 entries- overdriven adj (exceeding the bounds of something)
Occitan
1 entries- excessiu adj (exceeding the bounds of something)
Ottoman Turkish
1 entries- آشیری adj (exceeding the bounds of something)
Polish
2 entries- nadmierny adj (exceeding the bounds of something)
- wygórowany adj (exceeding the bounds of something)
Portuguese
1 entries- excessivo adj (exceeding the bounds of something)
Romanian
1 entries- excesiv adj (exceeding the bounds of something)
Russian
4 entries- избы́точный adj (exceeding the bounds of something)
- изли́шний adj (exceeding the bounds of something)
- ли́шний adj (exceeding the bounds of something)
- чрезме́рный adj (exceeding the bounds of something)
Scottish Gaelic
1 entries- anabarrach adj (exceeding the bounds of something)
Spanish
1 entries- excesivo adj (exceeding the bounds of something)
Swedish
1 entries- överdriven adj (exceeding the bounds of something)
Tagalog
1 entries- labis adj (exceeding the bounds of something)
Ukrainian
2 entries- надмі́рний adj (exceeding the bounds of something)
- непомі́рний adj (exceeding the bounds of something)
Sample sentences
12 total sentences available.
The word 'excessive competition' is frequently used in Japanese industry, but there is not a precise definition of the practice.
Source: tatoeba (23608)
Excessive supply leads to a drop in prices.
Source: tatoeba (23610)
The doctor advised me to leave off jogging because it was excessive exercise.
Source: tatoeba (23613)
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