overmuch

[ oh-ver-muhch ]

adjective

1. too much:

   He didn't show overmuch concern. We tried not to regret it overmuch.

overmuch

/ ˌəʊvəˈmʌtʃ /

adverb

1. too much; very much

noun

1. an excessive amount

Word History and Origins

Origin of overmuch¹

Middle English word dating back to 1250–1300; over-, much

Example Sentences

Carpenter, happily, is too fine a scholar to speculate overmuch on the ultimate fate of Proposition 8.

From The Daily Beast

Mrs. Temperley supposed that clever women had something of human nature in them, and valued overmuch what they did not possess.

From Project Gutenberg

His general style is sincere; he means well; but his words, like cold-drawn castor oil, don't go down with overmuch gusto.

From Project Gutenberg

I do not like to see a cheek as young as yours pale with overmuch thought.

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Another suggestion was that they lost their reason already at Yózgad, as a result of dabbling overmuch in spiritualism.

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"It is not possible that the good Father can cast one to hell whose sole sin was in overmuch loving," she said.

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