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excesses

NOUN

overabundance of something

Synonyms

STRONGEST

exuberance glut overkill surplus waste

STRONG

balance by-product enough exorbitance fat fulsomeness inundation lavishness leavings leftover luxuriance nimiety overflow overload overmuch overrun oversupply overweight plenty plethora profusion redundance redundancy refuse remainder residue rest spare superabundance supererogation superfluity surfeit wastefulness

WEAK

overdose recrement the limit too much too much of a good thing

Antonyms

STRONGEST

insufficiency lack need want

STRONG

base core few little scarcity

WEAK

dearth deficiency deprivation economy frugality moderation poverty privation shortcoming

NOUN

overindulgence in personal desires

Synonyms

STRONGEST

extravagance extreme

STRONG

debauchery dissipation dissoluteness exorbitance extremity immoderation indulgence inordinateness intemperance prodigality saturnalia self-indulgence unrestraint

WEAK

immoderacy overdoing

Antonyms

STRONG

unselfishness

WEAK

dearth deficiency deprivation economy frugality insufficiency lack moderation need poverty privation shortcoming want

Example Sentences

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“You always tend to see these kind of excesses after a very benign period for credit,” said Dan Ivascyn, chief investment officer of Pimco, the bond manager.

From The Wall Street Journal • May 10, 2026

You’ve always adopted a more measured, deliberate posture while reporting on the wild excesses of conspiracy culture.

From Slate • May 7, 2026

Soo’s Bonnie sweetly embodies the excesses of a kind of progressive piety.

From Los Angeles Times • Apr. 21, 2026

In an essay for this year's Proms programme, he admitted that some of the genre's "excesses and follies can seem silly" to a modern eye, while insisting the genre shouldn't be written off.

From BBC • Apr. 20, 2026

He was afraid the occasion had been spoiled by the excesses of that one beast.

From "Tiger, Tiger" by Lynne Reid Banks