too much

English

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /tu ˈmʌtʃ/

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Adverb

too much (not comparable)

1. To a greater extent than is wanted or required; excessively.

   You talk (much/far/rather) too much.

   I was too much affected by their criticisms.

2. To a sufficiently strong degree to prevent some other action from happening.

   I'm not leaving now ... I'm enjoying myself too much!

Translations

excessively

• Abkhaz: please add this translation if you can
• Asturian: demasiao
• Avar: please add this translation if you can
• Catalan: massa (ca)
• Chechen: please add this translation if you can
• Chickasaw: salami
• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 太多 (tài duō) (verb + 得 (de) + 太多)

• Czech: příliš (cs)
• Danish: for meget
• Dutch: te veel
• Esperanto: tro (eo)
• Faroese: ov nógv
• Finnish: liikaa (fi)
• French: trop (fr)
• Georgian: ნამეტანი (nameṭani)
• German: zu viel (de)
• Greek:

  Ancient: ἄγαν (ágan)

• Hungarian: túlságosan (hu), túlzottan (hu), (only of quantity) túl sok
• Indonesian: terlalu banyak, terlalu (id)
• Interlingua: troppo
• Irish: an iomarca, barraíocht
• Italian: troppo (it)
• Japanese: 多すぎる (おおすぎる, ō-sugiru) (only of quantity), すぎる (ja) (すぎる, sugiru) (verb or adjective suffix; grammatical verb, e.g. 飲みすぎる (nomisugiru) - to drink too much))
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• Khmer: please add this translation if you can
• Lao: please add this translation if you can
• Latin: nimis, nimium
• Laz: please add this translation if you can
• Lombard: tròp
• Louisiana Creole French: tro
• Malay: terlalu banyak
• Mingrelian: please add this translation if you can
• Mongolian: please add this translation if you can
• Norwegian: for mye
• Ossetian: please add this translation if you can
• Polish: za dużo
• Portuguese: demais (pt)
• Russian: сли́шком мно́го (slíškom mnógo) (usually of quantity), сли́шком (ru) (slíškom)
• Sanskrit: अतीव (sa) (atīva)
• Scottish Gaelic: cus
• Slovak: príliš
• Spanish: demasiado (es), en demasía
• Svan: please add this translation if you can
• Swedish: för mycket (sv)
• Tamil: அதிகம் (ta) (atikam)
• Thai: เกินไป (th) (gəən-bpai), มากไป (mâak-bpai)
• Tibetan: please add this translation if you can
• Tok Pisin: tumas
• Tuvan: эмин эртир (emin ertir)
• Vietnamese: nhiều quá
• Welsh: gormod (cy)
• Zhuang: please add this translation if you can

Determiner

too much

1. More (of something) than is desirable or required.
   • 1989 January 27, Stephen Fry & al., "Doctor Tobacco" A Bit of Fry and Laurie, Season 1, Episode 3:

     Patient: ...too much is bad for you.
     Doctor: Well of course too much is bad for you, that's what "too much" means, you blithering twat. If you had too much water, it would be bad for you, wouldn't it? "Too much" precisely means that quantity which is excessive, that's what it means. Could you ever say "too much water is good for you"? I mean if it's too much it's too much. Too much of anything is too much. Obviously. Jesus.

   You ate too much cake at the party, and that's why you feel sick.

   There's far too much attention being paid to it.

2. (in negative constructions) Much; even a moderate amount.

   They call it a beach, but there isn't too much sand there.

Usage notes

Used with uncountable nouns. The countable equivalent is too many.

Adjective

too much (not comparable)

1. (informal) Amusing; entertaining.

   Oh, my dear, you really are too much.

Noun

too much (uncountable)

1. A quantity which is excessive to the point of being inappropriate, harmful, or overwhelming.
   • 1989 January 27, Stephen Fry & al., "Doctor Tobacco" A Bit of Fry and Laurie, Season 1, Episode 3:

     Patient: ...too much is bad for you.
     Doctor: Well of course too much is bad for you, that's what "too much" means, you blithering twat. If you had too much water, it would be bad for you, wouldn't it? "Too much" precisely means that quantity which is excessive, that's what it means. Could you ever say "too much water is good for you"? I mean if it's too much it's too much. Too much of anything is too much. Obviously. Jesus.

   You expect too much from your employees.

2. Something that is absurdly funny or inappropriate.

   You really are too much!

Interjection

too much!

1. An expression of satisfaction.

   Too much, man! That was great!

Translations

an expression of satisfaction

• Finnish: riittää (fi)
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• Icelandic: vá!

Derived terms

Terms derived from the adjective, adverb, determiner, interjection, or noun too much

• too much information

• too much of a good thing

• too much love will kill you

See also

• too many

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Etymology

From English too much.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /tu mœtʃ/

Adjective

too much (invariable)

1. (colloquial) too much, excessive, OTT
   • 1995, Frédéric Dard, Les huîtres me font bâiller:

     Tu vas gueuler que c’est too much ; que je sors de l’admissible.

     You're going to yell that this is too much – that I've gone beyond the bounds of probability.

   • 2013 May 31, Emmanuèle Peyret, “Tu me prètes ton soutif, cheri?”, in Libération‎^[1]:

     Oh ben volontiers un de chaque, mais pas le slip dentelle avec les jarretelles rouges, ça fait un peu too much.

     Go on then, one of each – but not the lace knickers with red suspenders, that's a bit OTT.

Usage notes

• Used predicatively.