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overmuch

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o·ver·much  (vr-mch)
adj.
Too much; excessive.
adv.
In excess.
n. (vr-mch, vr-mch)
An excessive amount.
overmuch [ˌəʊvəˈmʌtʃ]
adv & adj
too much; very much
n
an excessive amount
ThesaurusLegend:  Synonyms Related Words Antonyms
Noun1.overmuch - a quantity that is more than what is appropriate; "four-year-olds have an overabundance of energy"; "we received an inundation of email"
overmuchness, superabundance, overabundance
abundance, copiousness, teemingness - the property of a more than adequate quantity or supply; "an age of abundance"
excess, nimiety, surplus, surplusage - a quantity much larger than is needed
glut, oversupply, surfeit - the quality of being so overabundant that prices fall
bellyful - an undesirable overabundance; "a bellyful of your complaints"
Adj.1.overmuch - very great in quantity; overabundant; "showed overmuch affection"
much - (quantifier used with mass nouns) great in quantity or degree or extent; "not much rain"; "much affection"; "much grain is in storage"
Adv.1.overmuch - more than necessaryovermuch - more than necessary; "she eats too much"; "let's not blame them overmuch"
too much
Translations
overmuch [ˌəʊvəˈmʌtʃ]
A. ADV → demasiado, en demasía
B. ADJ → demasiado
overmuch [ˌəʊvərˈmʌtʃ] adv (= very much) → outre mesure
overmuch [ˌəʊvəˈmʌtʃ] (frm)
1. adv → troppo
2. adj → troppo/a
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In his account of the mission, where his veracity is most to be suspected, he neither exaggerates overmuch the merits of the Jesuits, if we consider the partial regard paid by the Portuguese to their countrymen, by the Jesuits to their society, and by the Papists to their church, nor aggravates the vices of the Abyssins; but if the reader will not be satisfied with a Popish account of a Popish mission, he may have recourse to the history of the church of Abyssinia, written by Dr.
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So accomplished a person as the reader must have seen at once that I made away with Timothy in order to give his little vests and pinafores and shoes to David, and, therefore, dear sir or madam, rail not overmuch at me for causing our painter pain.
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But nothing of all this was noted in that company; its members were not overmuch addicted to idle interest in matters of no practical importance; that was obvious in every line of their rugged faces--obvious even in the dim light of the single candle.
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