Meaning of IMMODERATE
| Pronunciation: | | i'mâdurit
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| | Definition: | | [adj] not within reasonable limits; "immoderate laughter"; "immoderate spending" |
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| | Synonyms: | | a bit much(p), abnormal, all-fired, any(a), de trop, exaggerated, excessive, exorbitant, extortionate, extraordinary, extreme, extremist, far, inordinate, outrageous, overdone, overstated, over-the-top, radical, stark, steep, too much(p), ultra, unconscionable, undue, unreasonable, usurious |
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| | Antonyms: | | moderate | | |
| | See Also: | | intemperate, intense | |
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| | Definition: | | \Im*mod"er*ate\, a. [L. immoderatus; pref. im- not +
moderatus moderate. See {Moderate}.]
Not moderate; exceeding just or usual and suitable bounds;
excessive; extravagant; unreasonable; as, immoderate demands;
immoderate grief; immoderate laughter.
So every scope by the immoderate use Turns to
restraint. --Shak.
Syn: Excessive; exorbitant; unreasonable; extravagant;
intemperate; inordinate.
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| | Related Terms: | | a bit much, abandoned, acute, bibulous, boundless, crapulent, crapulous, cutthroat, cutting, dizzy, drastic, egregious, enormous, exacting, exaggerated, excessive, exorbitant, extortionate, extravagant, extreme, fabulous, fancy, fierce, furious, gigantic, gluttonous, go-go, gouging, great, grossly overpriced, high, hyperbolic, hypertrophied, incontinent, indulgent, inflationary, inordinate, intemperate, intense, irrepressible, keen, lax, licentious, loose, monstrous, nonrestrictive, out of bounds, out of control, out of hand, out of sight, outrageous, overbig, overdeveloped, overgreat, overgrown, overindulgent, overindulging, overlarge, overmuch, overpriced, overweening, permissive, piercing, preposterous, prodigal, prohibitive, rampant, reinless, rigorous, riotous, rough, self-indulgent, severe, sharp, skyrocketing, spiraling, splitting, steep, stiff, swinish, too much, tough, towering, unbridled, unchecked, uncoerced, uncompelled, unconscionable, unconstrained, uncontrolled, uncurbed, undisciplined, undue, unforced, unfrugal, ungoverned, uninhibited, unlimited, unmastered, unmeasurable, unmeasured, unmuzzled, unreasonable, unreined, unrepressed, unreserved, unrestrained, unrestrictive, unruly, unsubdued, unsuppressed, untempered, unthrifty, unwarranted, usurious, vehement, venomous, violent, virulent, wanton, wild |
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