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verbTo discuss or emphasize a point excessively.
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Clear all filtersTo discuss or emphasize a point excessively.
Having an excessively favorable opinion of one's own ability or importance.
Excessively self-admiring
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To shrink back in fear or discomfort, or behave with excessive submission.
Shrink back
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Too large, small, or unequal in relation to something else.
Out of proper proportion
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Excessively occupied with one's own importance, interests, or achievements.
Excessively self-important
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Unreasonably high or excessive, especially in cost or demand.
Excessive spending or use of resources; also an unusually lavish purchase or display.
In this sense, an object or activity receiving excessive or obsessive attention.
An excessive supply of something.
Impressively large in appearance or excessively ambitious and pretentious.
Uncalled for or without adequate reason; also given without charge.
Uncalled for
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Made stale or unoriginal through excessive use.
Stale through overuse
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Marked by exaggerated language; in mathematics, relating to a hyperbola or certain related structures.
Exaggerated in expression
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Greater in amount or degree than is reasonable or expected.
Beyond reasonable limits
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Excessively unwilling to spend or share money or resources.
Excessively focused on oneself and one's importance or image.
Excessively self-focused
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Excessive or unjustified criticism of very small details.
Excessively eager to please through flattery and deference.
Marked by excessive, persistent attention or preoccupation.
Trying to dominate others in an excessively forceful or arrogant way.
Excessively domineering
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Exaggerated, inflated, or more grandiose than the subject warrants.
Excessively inflated
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More certain of one's ability or judgment than the evidence or circumstances justify.
Excessive satisfaction of a desire or appetite.
Extremely unwilling to spend or use resources, often excessively so.
Excessively unwilling to spend
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