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Excessive

Characterized by, or exhibiting, excess; overmuch.

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Immoderate 84% connected

Not moderate; exceeding just or usual and suitable bounds; excessive; extravagant; unreasonable; as, immoderate demands; immoderate grief; immoderate…

oewn 2023 50% interchangeable

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Immoderate 84% connected

Not moderate; exceeding just or usual and suitable bounds; excessive; extravagant; unreasonable; as, immoderate demands; immoderate grief; immoderate…

oewn 2023 50% interchangeable

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Exceed 74% connected

To go beyond; to proceed beyond the given or supposed limit or measure of; to outgo; to surpass; -- used both in a good and a bad sense; as, one man…

oewn 2023 15% interchangeable

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Exceed 74% connected

To go beyond; to proceed beyond the given or supposed limit or measure of; to outgo; to surpass; -- used both in a good and a bad sense; as, one man…

oewn 2023 15% interchangeable

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Surpass 74% connected

To go beyond in anything good or bad; to exceed; to excel.

oewn 2023 15% interchangeable

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Surpass 74% connected

To go beyond in anything good or bad; to exceed; to excel.

oewn 2023 15% interchangeable

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Extravagant 92% connected

Wandering beyond one's bounds; roving; hence, foreign.

oewn 2023 68% interchangeable

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Exuberant 92% connected

Characterized by abundance or superabundance; plenteous; rich; overflowing; copious or excessive in production; as, exuberant goodness; an exuberant…

oewn 2023 68% interchangeable

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Inordinate 92% connected

Not limited to rules prescribed, or to usual bounds; irregular; excessive; immoderate; as, an inordinate love of the world.

oewn 2023 68% interchangeable

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Overweening 92% connected

Unduly confident; arrogant; presumptuous; conceited.

oewn 2023 68% interchangeable

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Undue 92% connected

Not due; not yet owing; as, an undue debt, note, or bond.

oewn 2023 68% interchangeable

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Unreasonable 92% connected

Not reasonable; irrational; immoderate; exorbitant.

oewn 2023 68% interchangeable

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