Excessive meaning in English

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Definition

excessive: too much, extravagant, exuberant, immoderate adjective
  • "Sailor : But don't you think renting a nuclear submarine was a little bit excessive?"
  • "It still seems rather excessive."
  • "Can you show me around your excessive and pretentious home?"
  • "Bruno : This building does seem rather excessive: marble flooring, gold plated ceilings, I believe that door handle is actually made of porcelain."
  • "As you know, most of the ceiling collapsed due to the excessive water build-up."
  • "He has several complex methods for cataloguing financial information which seem excessive even to me."
  • "Experts are blaming this miscalculation on the "excessive drinking culture" that exists at archeological digs."

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