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OVERMUCH
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I. (noun)
Sense 1
Meaning:
A quantity that is more than what is appropriate
Example:
we received an inundation of email
Synonyms:
overabundance; overmuch; overmuchness; superabundance
Classified under:
Nouns denoting attributes of people and objects
Hypernyms ("overmuch" is a kind of...):
abundance; copiousness; teemingness (the property of a more than adequate quantity or supply)
Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "overmuch"):
excess; nimiety; surplus; surplusage (a quantity much larger than is needed)
glut; oversupply; surfeit (the quality of being so overabundant that prices fall)
bellyful (an undesirable overabundance)
II. (adjective)
Sense 1
Meaning:
Very great in quantity; overabundant
Example:
showed overmuch affection
Classified under:
Similar:
much ((quantifier used with mass nouns) great in quantity or degree or extent)
Derivation:
overmuchness (a quantity that is more than what is appropriate)
III. (adverb)
Sense 1
Meaning:
More than necessary
Example:
let's not blame them overmuch
Synonyms:
overmuch; too much
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