CEFR B1

exessive

adjective

Meaning

exessive means exceeding the usual bounds of something; too much (of amount); extravagant; immoderate. It can have more than one sense, so use the alternate meanings and examples to choose the meaning that matches your sentence.

Examples

The writer described the response as exessive.
A exessive tone can change the mood of a conversation.

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exessive (B1)

adjective

Definition

Examples

The writer described the response as exessive.
A exessive tone can change the mood of a conversation.
The situation became exessive after the announcement.

How to Use exessive

exessive + noun (collocation): Use exessive before a noun to describe that quality. — "The writer described a exessive reaction."
become exessive (collocation): Use after become, seem, or be for a state or quality. — "The discussion became exessive near the end."

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