excessive Meaning, Definition & Usage

  1. adjective satellite beyond normal limits
    undue; inordinate; unreasonable.
    • excessive charges
    • a book of inordinate length
    • his dress stops just short of undue elegance
    • unreasonable demands
  2. adjective satellite unrestrained, especially with regard to feelings
    extravagant; overweening; exuberant.
    • extravagant praise
    • exuberant compliments
    • overweening ambition
    • overweening greed

WordNet

Ex*cess"ive adjective
Etymology
Cf. F. excessif.
Definitions
  1. Characterized by, or exhibiting, excess; overmuch.
    Excessive grief [is] the enemy to the living. Shak.
    Syn. -- Undue; exorbitant; extreme; overmuch; enormous; immoderate; monstrous; intemperate; unreasonable. See Enormous --Ex*cess*ive*ly, adv. -Ex*cess"ive*ness, n.

Webster 1913