'Excess' definitions:
Definition of 'excess'
From: WordNet
adjective
More than is needed, desired, or required; "trying to lose excess weight"; "found some extra change lying on the dresser"; "yet another book on heraldry might be thought redundant"; "skills made redundant by technological advance"; "sleeping in the spare room"; "supernumerary ornamentation"; "it was supererogatory of her to gloat"; "delete superfluous (or unnecessary) words"; "extra ribs as well as other supernumerary internal parts"; "surplus cheese distributed to the needy" [syn: excess, extra, redundant, spare, supererogatory, superfluous, supernumerary, surplus]
noun
noun
Immoderation as a consequence of going beyond sufficient or permitted limits [syn: excess, excessiveness, inordinateness]
noun
The state of being more than full [syn: surfeit, excess, overabundance]
noun
Excessive indulgence; "the child was spoiled by overindulgence" [syn: overindulgence, excess]
Definition of 'Excess'
From: GCIDE
- Excess \Ex*cess"\, n. [OE. exces, excess, ecstasy, L. excessus a going out, loss of self-possession, fr. excedere, excessum, to go out, go beyond: cf. F. exc[`e]s. See Exceed.]
- 1. The state of surpassing or going beyond limits; the being of a measure beyond sufficiency, necessity, or duty; that which exceeds what is usual or proper; immoderateness; superfluity; superabundance; extravagance; as, an excess of provisions or of light. [1913 Webster]
- To gild refined gold, to paint the lily, To throw a perfume on the violet, . . . Is wasteful and ridiculous excess. --Shak. [1913 Webster]
- That kills me with excess of grief, this with excess of joy. --Walsh. [1913 Webster]
- 2. An undue indulgence of the appetite; transgression of proper moderation in natural gratifications; intemperance; dissipation. [1913 Webster]
- Be not drunk with wine, wherein is excess. --Eph. v. 18. [1913 Webster]
- Thy desire . . . leads to no excess That reaches blame. --Milton. [1913 Webster]
- 3. The degree or amount by which one thing or number exceeds another; remainder; as, the difference between two numbers is the excess of one over the other. [1913 Webster]
- Spherical excess (Geom.), the amount by which the sum of the three angles of a spherical triangle exceeds two right angles. The spherical excess is proportional to the area of the triangle. [1913 Webster]
Synonyms of 'excess'
From: Moby Thesaurus
- aggrandizement,
- amplification,
- ballyhoo,
- big talk,
- blowing up,
- burlesque,
- caricature,
- crapulence,
- crapulency,
- crapulousness,
- de trop,
- debauchery,
- dilatation,
- dilation,
- disentitlement,
- dispensable,
- dissipation,
- dissoluteness,
- drunkenness,
- empty claim,
- empty title,
- enhancement,
- enlargement,
- exaggerating,
- exaggeration,
- excessive,
- excessiveness,
- exorbitance,
- exorbitancy,
- expansion,
- expendable,
- expletive,
- extortionateness,
- extra,
- extravagance,
- extreme,
- false claim,
- fat,
- glut,
- gluttony,
- grandiloquence,
- gratuitous,
- heightening,
- huckstering,
- hyperbole,
- hyperbolism,
- immoderacy,
- immoderateness,
- immoderation,
- impropriety,
- in excess,
- inappropriateness,
- incontinence,
- indiscipline,
- indulgence,
- inflation,
- inordinacy,
- inordinateness,
- intemperance,
- intemperateness,
- inundation,
- invalid claim,
- lack of claim,
- leftover,
- leftovers,
- magnification,
- needless,
- nimiety,
- no claim,
- nonessential,
- outrageousness,
- overabundance,
- overage,
- overbalance,
- overdoing,
- overemphasis,
- overestimation,
- overflow,
- overflowing,
- overgrowth,
- overindulgence,
- overkill,
- overmeasure,
- overmuch,
- overpass,
- overplus,
- overproduction,
- overrun,
- overrunning,
- overspill,
- overspreading,
- overstatement,
- overstock,
- oversupply,
- pleonastic,
- plethora,
- plus,
- preposterousness,
- prodigality,
- profuseness,
- profusion,
- prolix,
- puffery,
- puffing up,
- redundancy,
- redundant,
- remaining,
- residual,
- Saturnalia,
- self-indulgence,
- self-restraint,
- sensationalism,
- spare,
- stretching,
- superabundance,
- supererogation,
- supererogatory,
- superfluity,
- superfluous,
- superiority,
- superlative,
- supernumerary,
- surfeit,
- surplus,
- surplusage,
- swinishness,
- tall talk,
- tautologic,
- tautologous,
- to spare,
- too much,
- too-muchness,
- touting,
- travesty,
- uncalled-for,
- unconscionableness,
- unconstraint,
- uncontrol,
- undeservedness,
- undeservingness,
- undueness,
- unentitledness,
- unessential,
- unmeritedness,
- unnecessary,
- unneeded,
- unreasonableness,
- unrestraint,
- verbose