exorbitant 音标拼音: [ɪgz'ɔrbɪtənt]
a . 过度的,过高的,过分的
过度的,过高的,过分的
exorbitant adj 1 :
greatly exceeding bounds of reason or moderation ;
"
exorbitant rent "; "
extortionate prices "; "
spends an outrageous amount on entertainment "; "
usurious interest rate "; "
unconscionable spending " [
synonym : {
exorbitant },
{
extortionate }, {
outrageous }, {
steep }, {
unconscionable },
{
usurious }]
Exorbitant \
Ex *
or "
bi *
tant \,
a . [
L .
exorbitans , -
antis ,
p .
pr .
of exorbitare to go out of the track ;
ex out orbita track :
cf .
F .
exorbitant .
See {
Orbit }.]
1 .
Departing from an orbit or usual track ;
hence ,
deviating from the usual or due course ;
going beyond the appointed rules or established limits of right or propriety ;
excessive ;
extravagant ;
enormous ;
inordinate ;
as ,
exorbitant appetites and passions ;
exorbitant charges ,
demands ,
or claims .
[
1913 Webster ]
Foul exorbitant desires . --
Milton .
[
1913 Webster ]
2 .
Not comprehended in a settled rule or method ;
anomalous .
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1913 Webster ]
The Jews . . . [
were ]
inured with causes exorbitant ,
and such as their laws had not provided for .
--
Hooker .
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1913 Webster ]
118 Moby Thesaurus words for "
exorbitant ":
a bit much ,
abandoned ,
acute ,
aggrandized ,
amplified ,
ballyhooed ,
boundless ,
clamant ,
clamorous ,
crying ,
cutthroat ,
cutting ,
demanding ,
disproportionate ,
dizzy ,
draining ,
drastic ,
egregious ,
enormous ,
exacting ,
exaggerated ,
excessive ,
exigent ,
extortionate ,
extraordinary ,
extravagant ,
extreme ,
fabulous ,
fancy ,
fierce ,
furious ,
gigantic ,
gluttonous ,
gouging ,
grandiloquent ,
grasping ,
great ,
grossly overpriced ,
high ,
high -
flown ,
hyperbolic ,
hypertrophied ,
immoderate ,
importunate ,
incontinent ,
inflated ,
inflationary ,
inordinate ,
insistent ,
instant ,
intemperate ,
intense ,
keen ,
loud ,
magnified ,
monstrous ,
out of bounds ,
out of sight ,
outrageous ,
overbig ,
overboard ,
overdeveloped ,
overdone ,
overdrawn ,
overemphasized ,
overemphatic ,
overestimated ,
overgreat ,
overgrown ,
overlarge ,
overmuch ,
overpraised ,
overpriced ,
oversold ,
overstated ,
overstressed ,
overweening ,
overwrought ,
persistent ,
pertinacious ,
piercing ,
preposterous ,
pressing ,
prodigal ,
profuse ,
prohibitive ,
puffed ,
rigorous ,
rough ,
severe ,
sharp ,
skyrocketing ,
spiraling ,
splitting ,
steep ,
stiff ,
stretched ,
superlative ,
taxing ,
too much ,
tough ,
touted ,
towering ,
unbridled ,
unconscionable ,
undue ,
unjustifiable ,
unjustified ,
unmeasurable ,
unreasonable ,
unrestrained ,
unwarranted ,
urgent ,
usurious ,
vehement ,
venomous ,
violent ,
virulent
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