excessiveness
State of overindulgence
Excessiveness is the quality of being too much—going beyond what is reasonable, necessary, or appropriate.
The word appears in contexts ranging from moral criticism to neutral description: the excessiveness of his spending, the excessiveness of the punishment.
It often carries implicit judgment that moderation would have been better.
Greedy excess in consumption
- overindulgenceExcessive consumption or enjoyment
- bingeingUncontrolled excessive intake
- overconsumptionExcessive use of resources
- hedonismPursuit of gratification
intemperance · self-indulgence · gourmandizing · overeating · gorging · debauchery · dissipation · pleasure-seeking
Excessive surplus
- surfeitExcessive quantity, often cloying
- plethoraExcessive surplus
- profusionExtravagant amount present
- oversupplyExcess beyond demand
saturation · superfluity · surplus · overload · overflow · deluge · flood · inundation
Reckless depletion of resources
- profligacyReckless, wasteful extravagance
- overconsumptionExcessive use of resources
- throwawayDesigned for discard
- disposabilityMeant to be discarded
squander · misuse · frivolity · prodigality · spendthrift · dissipation · extravagance · imprudence
Showy, abundant prosperity
- lavishnessExcessive richness or abundance
- ostentationVulgar flaunting of means
- sumptuousnessExtreme costly elegance
- luxuryExpensive nonessential comfort
grandiosity · flamboyance · showiness · pomp · ornateness · glitz · gilt · plushness
gluttony
Greedy excess in consumption
- overindulgenceExcessive consumption or enjoyment
- bingeingUncontrolled excessive intake
- overconsumptionExcessive use of resources
hedonism · intemperance · self-indulgence · gourmandizing · overeating · gorging · debauchery · dissipation · pleasure-seeking · gratification
glut
Excessive surplus
- surfeitExcessive quantity, often cloying
- plethoraExcessive surplus
- profusionExtravagant amount present
oversupply · saturation · superfluity · surplus · overload · overflow · deluge · flood · inundation · avalanche
squandering
Reckless depletion of resources
- profligacyReckless, wasteful extravagance
- overconsumptionExcessive use of resources
- throwawayDesigned for discard
disposability · squander · misuse · frivolity · prodigality · spendthrift · dissipation · extravagance · imprudence · recklessness
opulence
Showy, abundant prosperity
- lavishnessExcessive richness or abundance
- ostentationVulgar flaunting of means
- sumptuousnessExtreme costly elegance
luxury · grandiosity · flamboyance · showiness · pomp · ornateness · glitz · gilt · plushness · decadence
- excesstoo much, overabundance, intemperance, overdo, extravagance
- audacityboldness, brazenness, audacity, chutzpah, gall
- exaggerationhyperbole, overstatement, exaggeration, magnification, amplification
excessivenessmoderateness
Quality of being temperate
moderation · sufficiency · adequacy · reasonableness · proportionality
excessivenesstemperance
Habitual moderation in behavior
temperateness · restraint · self-restraint · self-control · abstemiousness