About The Word Extortionate

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Extortionate

Extortionate Meaning & Definition
Extortionate Definition And Meaning

What's The Definition Of Extortionate?

[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 Extortionate: exorbitant | immoderate | outrageous | steep | unconscionable | usurious

Related Terms | Find terms related to Extortionate: all-devouring | all-engulfing | arousing | bloodsucking | clamant | clamorous | crying | cutthroat | demanding | draining | educible | eductive | elicitory | eradicative | evocative | exacting | exactive | excessive | exigent | exorbitant | extortionary | extortive | extractive | extravagant | fancy | gouging | grabby | grasping | grossly overpriced | immoderate | importunate | inflationary | inordinate | insistent | instant | loud | lupine | out of bounds | out of sight | outrageous | overpriced | parasitic | persistent | pertinacious | predacious | predatory | preposterous | pressing | prohibitive | rapacious | raptorial | ravening | ravenous | sharkish | skyrocketing | spiraling | taxing | unconscionable | undue | unreasonable | unwarranted | uprooting | urgent | usurious | vulturine | vulturous | wolfish

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Extortionate In Webster's Dictionary

\Ex*tor"tion*ate\, a. Characterized by extortion; oppressive; hard.

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