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111excess — n 1. overabundance, superabundance, overplus, nimiety, surplus, surplusage, superflux; profusion, surfeit, glut, plethora, overflow, overload, more than enough, enough and to spare, enough and then some; superfluity, redundancy, supererogation,… …
112flattery — n 1. compliment, salute, praise, laudation; tribute, extolment, exaltation, celebration, glorification; eulogy, eulogium, eulogization, encomium, panegyric, adulation; trumpetry, crying up, ringing or singing [s.o. s] praises, puffery, puffing up …
113flummery — n 1. oatmeal, gruel, U.S. mush, hot cereal, Chiefly Brit. porridge, farina; fruit custard, blancmange, white pudding. 2. nonsense, moonshine, gobbledegook; foolish humbug, bunkum or buncombe, Sl. bunk, U.S. Sl. blah; balderdash, Inf. hokum, Sl.… …
114puffery — n 1. undue praise, overpraise, overlauda tion, overcommendation, overrating, overvaluation; trumpetry, crying out, ringing or singing [s.o. s] praises; inflation, inflating, magnification, magnifying, blowing up; All Inf. slathering, overdoing it …
115overdo — UK [ˌəʊvə(r)ˈduː] / US [ˌoʊvərˈdu] verb [transitive] Word forms overdo : present tense I/you/we/they overdo he/she/it overdoes present participle overdoing past tense overdid UK [ˌəʊvə(r)ˈdɪd] / US [ˌoʊvərˈdɪd] past participle overdone UK… …
116overdo — /oʊvəˈdu / (say ohvuh dooh) verb (t) (overdid, overdone, overdoing) 1. to do to excess: to overdo exercise. 2. to carry to excess or beyond the proper limit. 3. to overact (a part); exaggerate. 4. to cook too much; overcook. –phrase 5. overdo it …
117overreach — /oʊvəˈrɪtʃ / (say ohvuh rich) verb (t) 1. to reach or extend over or beyond. 2. to reach for or aim at but go beyond, as a thing sought, a mark, etc. 3. to stretch (the arm, etc.) to excess, as by a straining effort. 4. to defeat (oneself) by… …
118quite — 1. Quite is a highly mobile word with a wide range of uses qualifying adjectives and adverbs (quite heavy / quite often), singular nouns (quite a lot), and verbs (We quite understand / I d quite like to). It causes difficulty because it has two… …
119excess — [n1] overabundance of something balance, by product, enough, exorbitance, exuberance, fat, fulsomeness, glut, inundation, lavishness, leavings, leftover, luxuriance, nimiety, overdose, overflow, overkill, overload, overmuch, overrun, oversupply,… …
120extravagance — [n] indulgence; waste absurdity, amenity, dissipation, exaggeration, excess, exorbitance, expenditure, folly, frill, icing on the cake*, immoderation, improvidence, lavishness, luxury, outrageousness, overdoing, overindulgence, overspending,… …
