different between restraining vs excessive

restraining

English

Verb

restraining

  1. present participle of restrain

Noun

restraining (plural restrainings)

  1. The act by which someone or something is restrained.
    • 1895, George Meredith, The Amazing Marriage
      She had the privilege of a soul beyond our minor rules and restrainings to speak her wishes to the true wife of a mock husband—no husband; less a husband than this shadow of a woman a wife, she said; []

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excessive

English

Etymology

From Middle French excessif, from Medieval Latin excessivus

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /?k?s?s?v/
  • Rhymes: -?s?v

Adjective

excessive (comparative more excessive, superlative most excessive)

  1. Exceeding the usual bounds of something; extravagant; immoderate.

Synonyms

  • See also Thesaurus:excessive

Antonyms

  • insufficient
  • deficient

Derived terms

  • excessive number

Related terms

  • exceed
  • excess

Translations


French

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /?k.s?.siv/

Adjective

excessive

  1. feminine singular of excessif

Interlingua

Adjective

excessive (comparative plus excessive, superlative le plus excessive)

  1. excessive

Related terms

  • excesso

Latin

Adjective

excess?ve

  1. vocative masculine singular of excess?vus

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