extremeness
Quality of excess
Extremeness is the quality of being extreme—far beyond what is normal, moderate, or expected.
It describes intensity pushed to its limits: the extremeness of the weather, the extremeness of his views.
The word often carries a note of excess or unreasonableness, suggesting something has gone too far.
Excessive quantity beyond need
- exorbitanceExtreme unreasonableness in degree
- immoderationLack of self-restraint
- overkillUnnecessary additional effort
- extravaganceExcessive, wasteful spending
surfeit · profusion · glut · plethora · oversupply · superfluity · profligacy · wastefulness
Obsessive, unreasoning dedication
- zealotryExcessive devotion to beliefs
- fundamentalismStrict adherence to core tenets
- militancyCombative advocacy stance
- uncompromisingRefusing to yield ground
absolutism · dogmatism · intransigence · hardline · maximalism · purism · die-hard · ultra
Maximum allowed extent
- thresholdPoint of beginning
- brinkCritical boundary point
- edgeBoundary or sharpness
- outer reachesMost distant areas
fringes · margins · periphery · verge · borderline · frontier · bounds · confines
Intensity of sternness
- vehemenceForceful emotional passion
- ferocityExtreme violent intensity
- furyIntense violent anger
- fiercenessIntense aggressive quality
fervor · violence · harshness · acuteness · starkness · rawness · brutality · savagery
Utmost summit or spire
- zenithPoint straight overhead
- ultimateHighest or most extreme
- acmeUltimate point of attainment
- apexUppermost point or culmination
climax · culmination · ne plus ultra · highest degree · maximum · nth degree · superlative · paramount
overabundance
Excessive quantity beyond need
- exorbitanceExtreme unreasonableness in degree
- immoderationLack of self-restraint
- overkillUnnecessary additional effort
extravagance · surfeit · profusion · glut · plethora · oversupply · superfluity · profligacy · wastefulness · lavishness
fanaticism
Obsessive, unreasoning dedication
- zealotryExcessive devotion to beliefs
- fundamentalismStrict adherence to core tenets
- militancyCombative advocacy stance
uncompromising · absolutism · dogmatism · intransigence · hardline · maximalism · purism · die-hard · ultra · fringe
limit
Maximum allowed extent
outer reaches · fringes · margins · periphery · verge · borderline · frontier · bounds · confines · demarcation
severity
Intensity of sternness
fierceness · fervor · violence · harshness · acuteness · starkness · rawness · brutality · savagery · relentlessness
pinnacle
Utmost summit or spire
apex · climax · culmination · ne plus ultra · highest degree · maximum · nth degree · superlative · paramount · uppermost
- excessexcess, too much, excessive, excessiveness, overabundance
- audacityboldness, brazenness, audacity, chutzpah, gall
- weirdness synonymsweirdness, strangeness, oddity, bizarreness, peculiarity
extremenessmoderateness
Quality of being temperate
moderation · mildness · temperateness · temperance · restraint
extreme, extremely, utmost, extremist, extremity, extremes, extrapolate, extremities, extremism