excesses

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overabundance of something n.
overindulgence in personal desires n.

NOUN

overabundance of something

Synonyms

STRONGEST

exuberance glut overkill surplus waste

STRONG

balance by-product enough exorbitance fat fulsomeness inundation lavishness leavings leftover luxuriance nimiety overflow overload overmuch overrun oversupply overweight plenty plethora profusion redundance redundancy refuse remainder residue rest spare superabundance supererogation superfluity surfeit wastefulness

WEAK

overdose recrement the limit too much too much of a good thing

Antonyms

STRONGEST

insufficiency lack need want

STRONG

base core few little scarcity

WEAK

dearth deficiency deprivation economy frugality moderation poverty privation shortcoming

NOUN

overindulgence in personal desires

Synonyms

STRONGEST

extravagance extreme

STRONG

debauchery dissipation dissoluteness exorbitance extremity immoderation indulgence inordinateness intemperance prodigality saturnalia self-indulgence unrestraint

WEAK

immoderacy overdoing

Antonyms

STRONG

unselfishness

WEAK

dearth deficiency deprivation economy frugality insufficiency lack moderation need poverty privation shortcoming want

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excesses

After a few years in which mainstream culture at least made noises about retiring the worst excesses of early-aughts thinspo, the pendulum appears to be swinging back.

From Salon ● Sep. 15, 2026

Gao, 70 years old, and his brother, Gao Qiang, created works that criticized the excesses of Communist Party rule in China.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 26, 2026

This is not to excuse excesses, but to point out a mundane matter of physics.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 18, 2026

Yet its authority is not self-executing: It relies on lower courts to implement its decisions, extend their logic, and normalize the resulting excesses.

From Slate ● Jul. 17, 2026

The subject was then considered by most professional astronomers to be at least slightly disreputable, tainted with Lowellian excesses.

From "Cosmos" by Carl Sagan