If you describe something as ~, you disapprove of it because it is too extreme. (FORMAL)
He launched an ~ tirade on Turner.
= excessive
ADJ: usu ADJ n disapproval
If you describe something as ~, you disapprove of it because it is too extreme. (FORMAL)
He launched an ~ tirade on Turner.
= excessive
ADJ: usu ADJ n disapproval
Collins COBUILD. Толковый словарь английского языка для изучающих язык Коллинз COBUILD (международная база данных языков Бирмингемского университета) . 2012