overmuch
adjective
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Definition of overmuch
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overmuch
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overmuch
noun
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Definition of overmuch (Entry 3 of 3)
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Synonyms & Antonyms for overmuch
Synonyms: Adjective
baroque, devilish, excessive, exorbitant, extravagant, extreme, fancy, immoderate, inordinate, insane, intolerable, lavish, overdue, overextravagant, overweening, plethoric, steep, stiff, towering, unconscionable, undue, unmerciful
Synonyms: Adverb
devilishly, excessively, exorbitantly, inordinately, intolerably, monstrously, overly, too, unacceptably, unduly
Synonyms: Noun
bellyful, excess, fat, overabundance, overage, overflow, overkill, overplus, oversupply, plethora, plus, redundancy, superabundance, superfluity, surfeit, surplus, surplusage
Antonyms: Adjective
middling, moderate, modest, reasonable, temperate
Antonyms: Adverb
deficiently, inadequately, insufficiently
Antonyms: Noun
deficiency, deficit, insufficiency, undersupply
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Examples of overmuch in a Sentence
Adjective
I think you put overmuch care into your personal appearance—get over yourself.Adverb
you worry overmuch about what other people thinkNoun
you must not expect an overmuch of gratitude from a very young child
Recent Examples on the Web: Adjective
To bristle overmuch smacks of either hypocrisy or an implicit grant of status to liberals as cultural betters who ought to defer more to a marginalized right. — Conor Friedersdorf, The Atlantic, "What Critiques of 'Smug Liberals' Miss," 3 May 2017 Its Covent Garden office was a magnet for ambitious young talent, which Mr. Jones assessed without overmuch regard for age, station or experience. — Matthew Schneier, New York Times, "Edward Enninful’s Unlikely Journey, From Ghana to Hanover Square," 29 Apr. 2017 Politicians, as a rule, do not trouble themselves overmuch with the opinions of intellectuals, and Trump is unusually untroubled by debates about political philosophy. — Kelefa Sanneh, The New Yorker, "Intellectuals for Trump," 9 Jan. 2017Recent Examples on the Web: Adverb
But sometimes the people have exalted their dictators and have not cared overmuch about the rule of law. — Philip Zelikow, The Atlantic, "Is the World Slouching Toward a Grave Systemic Crisis?," 11 Aug. 2017These example sentences are selected automatically from various online news sources to reflect current usage of the word 'overmuch.' Views expressed in the examples do not represent the opinion of Merriam-Webster or its editors. Send us feedback.
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