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1overmuch
adjective over·much \-ˈməch\
Definition of OVERMUCH
: too much
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First Known Use of OVERMUCH
13th century
Related to OVERMUCH
- Synonyms
- baroque, devilish, exorbitant, extravagant, extreme, fancy, immoderate, inordinate, insane, intolerable, lavish, overdue, overextravagant, excessive, overweening, plethoric, steep, stiff, towering, unconscionable, undue, unmerciful
- Antonyms
- middling, moderate, modest, reasonable, temperate
Rhymes with OVERMUCH
2overmuch
adverb
: too much or very much
Full Definition of OVERMUCH
: in too great a degree
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First Known Use of OVERMUCH
14th century
Related to OVERMUCH
- Synonyms
- devilishly, excessively, exorbitantly, inordinately, intolerably, monstrously, overly, too, unacceptably, unduly
- Antonyms
- deficiently, inadequately, insufficiently
3overmuch
noun over·much \ˈō-vər-ˌməch, ˌō-vər-ˈ\
Definition of OVERMUCH
: too great an amount
First Known Use of OVERMUCH
14th century
Related to OVERMUCH
- Synonyms
- bellyful, fat, overabundance, overage, overflow, overkill, excess, overplus, oversupply, plethora, plus, redundancy, superabundance, superfluity, surfeit, surplus, surplusage
- Antonyms
- deficiency, deficit, insufficiency, undersupply
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