ADVERB | all | overmuch, too much | more than necessary |
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ADJECTIVE | all | overmuch | very great in quantity |
NOUN | attribute | overmuch, overabundance, overmuchness, superabundance | a quantity that is more than what is appropriate |
Meaning | Very great in quantity; overabundant. | |
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Example | "showed overmuch affection" | |
Broader | much | (quantifier used with mass nouns) great in quantity or degree or extent |
Spanish | demasiado | |
Nouns | overmuchness | a quantity that is more than what is appropriate |
Meaning | A quantity that is more than what is appropriate. | |
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Synonyms | overabundance, overmuchness, superabundance | |
Narrower | bellyful | An undesirable overabundance |
excess, surplus, surplusage, nimiety | A quantity much larger / larger than is needed | |
glut, oversupply, surfeit | The quality of being so overabundant that prices / prices fall | |
Broader | abundance, copiousness, teemingness | The property of a more than adequate quantity or supply |
Spanish | sobreabundancia, superabundancia | |
Catalan | sobreabundància, superabundància |
Meaning | More than necessary. | |
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Example | "let's not blame them overmuch" | |
Synonym | too much | |
Spanish | demasiado, en demasía, excesivamente | |
Catalan | massa |
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