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| Main Entry: | |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | excessive |
| Synonyms: | abandoned, audacious, bizarre, blunt, candid, dissolute, exaggerated, extravagant, flamboyant, frank, free, immoderate, immoral, impertinent, impotent, incontinent, indiscriminate, inordinate, intemperate, lawless, licentious, limitless, loose, open, plenary, profligate, rampant, riotous, saturnalian, spontaneous, unbounded, unbridled, unchecked, uncontrolled, uncurbed, ungoverned, unhampered, uninhibited, unlimited, unrestricted, wanton, wild |
| Antonyms: | restrained, restricted |
| Main Entry: | ironic |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | sarcastic |
| Synonyms: | acrid, alert, arrogant, backbiting, biting, bitter, burlesque, caustic, chaffing, clever, contemptuous, contradictory, critical, cutting, cynical, defiant, derisive, disparaging, double-edged, exaggerated, implausible, incisive, incongruous, ironical, jibing, keen, mocking, mordant, paradoxical, pungent, quick-witted, ridiculous, sardonic, satiric, satirical, scathing, scoffing, sharp, sneering, spicy, trenchant, twisted, uncomplimentary, unexpected, witty, wry |
| Antonyms: | sincere |
| Main Entry: | overdone |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | excessive |
| Synonyms: | elaborate, exaggerated, extravagant, overstated, too much |
| Main Entry: | supernumerary |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | excessive |
| Synonyms: | additional, effusive, exaggerated, excess, extra, superfluous |
| Main Entry: | over-the-top |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | ridiculously excessive |
| Synonyms: | exaggerated, excessive, extraordinary, outrageous, overblown, overdone |
| Antonyms: | understated |
| Main Entry: | high-ranking |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | exalted |
| Synonyms: | astral, august, dignified, elevated, eminent, exaggerated, excessive, first, grand, high, high-minded, highest, highest-ranking, honorable, honored, ideal, illustrious, immodest, imposing, inflated, intellectual, leading, lofty, magnificent, noble, number |
| Main Entry: | overabundant |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | excessive |
| Synonyms: | boundless, disproportionate, dissipated, dizzying, enormous, exaggerated, exorbitant, extra, extravagant, extreme, immoderate, indulgent, inordinate, intemperate, limitless, more, needless, over, overboard, overkill, overmuch, plethoric, prodigal, profligate, recrementitious, redundant, self-indulgent, sky-high, steep, stiff, stratospheric, super, superabundant, superfluous, supernatural, too many, towering, unbounded, unconscionable, undue, unmeasurable, unreasonable, way out |
| Main Entry: | overmuch |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | excessive |
| Synonyms: | boundless, disproportionate, dissipated, dizzying, enormous, exaggerated, exorbitant, extra, extravagant, extreme, immoderate, indulgent, inordinate, intemperate, limitless, more, needless, over, overabundant, overboard, overkill, plethoric, prodigal, profligate, recrementitious, redundant, self-indulgent, sky-high, steep, stiff, stratospheric, super, superabundant, superfluous, supernatural, too many, towering, unbounded, unconscionable, undue, unmeasurable, unreasonable, way out |
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| Concept: | Increase. |
| Category: | 2. COMPARATIVE QUANTITY; CHANGES IN QUANTITY |
| Synonyms: |
-adjectives
increased; on the increase, undiminished; additional (added).
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| Antonyms: | decrease |
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