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Exorbitant

Exorbitant Definition And Meaning
What's The Definition Of Exorbitant? [adj] greatly exceeding bounds of reason or moderation; "exorbitant rent"; "extortionate prices"; "spends an outrageous amount on entertainment"; "usorious interest rate"; "unconscionable spending" Synonyms \| Synonyms for Exorbitant: extortionate \| immoderate \| outrageous \| steep \| unconscionable \| usurious Related Terms \| Find terms related to 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 See Also \| Exorbitant In Webster's Dictionary \Exor"bitant\, 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. Foul exorbitant desires. --Milton. 2. Not comprehended in a settled rule or method; anomalous. The Jews . . . [were] inured with causes exorbitant, and such as their laws had not provided for. --Hooker.

Exorbitant Definition And Meaning

What's The Definition Of Exorbitant?

[adj] greatly exceeding bounds of reason or moderation; "exorbitant rent"; "extortionate prices"; "spends an outrageous amount on entertainment"; "usorious interest rate"; "unconscionable spending"

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Exorbitant In Webster's Dictionary

\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.

         Foul exorbitant desires.              --Milton.

2. Not comprehended in a settled rule or method; anomalous.

         The Jews . . . [were] inured with causes exorbitant,
         and such as their laws had not provided for.
                                               --Hooker.

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