excesses

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overabundance of something n.
overindulgence in personal desires n.

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

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excesses

Greenspan argued that central bank credit expansion and artificially low interest rates fueled speculative excesses that inevitably ended in the Great Depression.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 10, 2026

This court defeat is one battle in what has been a long campaign by Prince Harry against what he sees as the unfair excesses of the press.

From BBC ● Jul. 7, 2026

Plus, China has been encouraging investment in its stock market rather than real estate, which is still reeling from speculative excesses and Beijing’s crackdown.

From Barron's ● Jun. 23, 2026

That being said, there is “work still ahead” in resolving the problems and excesses of plea bargains, as Gorsuch said.

From Slate ● Jun. 18, 2026

Hannah Arendt, the influential cultural critic who documented the perverse excesses of Nazism, would later write about the “banality of evil” that permeated German culture during the Nazi era.

From "The Gene" by Siddhartha Mukherjee