Word Meanings - EXORBITANT - Book Publishers vocabulary database

to go out of the track; ex out + orbita track: cf. F. exorbitant. See 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;

Additional info about word: EXORBITANT

to go out of the track; ex out + orbita track: cf. F. exorbitant. See 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 . . . inured with causes exorbitant, and such as their laws had not provided for. Hooker.

Possible synonyms: (Same meaning words of EXORBITANT)

• Excessive
• Enormous
• undue
• exorbitant
• overmuch
• superabundant
• superfluous
• unreasonable
• immoderate
• inordinate
• extravagant
• Extortionate
• Hard
• closefisted
• severe
• rigorous
• preposterous
• monstrous
• exacting
• Inordinate
• Extravagant
• disproportionate
• unregulated
• excessive
• Immoderate
• irregular
• Preposterous
• Monstrous
• absurd
• irrational
• foolish
• ridiculous

Related words: (words related to EXORBITANT)

• IRREGULARITY
  The state or quality of being irregular; that which is irregular.
• EXACTOR
  One who exacts or demands by authority or right; hence, an extortioner; also, one unreasonably severe in injunctions or demands. Jer. Taylor.
• IRRATIONAL
  Not capable of being exactly expressed by an integral number, or by a vulgar fraction; surd; -- said especially of roots. See Surd. Syn. -- Absurd; foolish; preposterous; unreasonable; senseless. See Absurd. (more info) 1. Not rational; void of
• EXACTING
  Oppressive or unreasonably severe in making demands or requiring the exact fulfillment of obligations; harsh; severe. "A temper so exacting." T. Arnold -- Ex*act"ing*ly, adv. -- Ex*act"ing*ness, n.
• EXACTLY
  In an exact manner; precisely according to a rule, standard, or fact; accurately; strictly; correctly; nicely. "Exactly wrought." Shak. His enemies were pleased, for he had acted exactly as their interests required. Bancroft.
• DISPROPORTIONATE
  Not proportioned; unsymmetrical; unsuitable to something else in bulk, form, value, or extent; out of proportion; inadequate; as, in a perfect body none of the limbs are disproportionate; it is wisdom not to undertake a work disproportionate means.
• OVERMUCHNESS
  The quality or state of being in excess; superabundance. B. Jonson.
• EXACTION
  1. The act of demanding with authority, and compelling to pay or yield; compulsion to give or furnish; a levying by force; a driving to compliance; as, the exaction to tribute or of obedience; hence, extortion. Take away your exactions from my
• ABSURDNESS
  Absurdity.
• ENORMOUSLY
  In an enormous degree.
• UNREASONABLE
  Not reasonable; irrational; immoderate; exorbitant. -- Un*rea"son*a*ble*ness, n. -- Un*rea"son*a*bly, adv.
• ENORMOUS
  1. Exceeding the usual rule, norm, or measure; out of due proportion; inordinate; abnormal. "Enormous bliss." Milton. "This enormous state." Shak. "The hoop's enormous size." Jenyns. Wallowing unwieldy, enormous in their gait. Milton.
• EXTRAVAGANT
  + vagance, , p. pr. of vagari to wander, from vagus wandering, vague. 1. Wandering beyond one's bounds; roving; hence, foreign. The extravagant and erring spirit hies To his confine. Shak. 2. Exceeding due bounds; wild; excessive; unrestrained;
• CLOSEFISTED
  Covetous; niggardly. Bp. Berkeley. "Closefisted contractors." Hawthorne.
• EXORBITANTLY
  In an exorbitant, excessive, or irregular manner; enormously.
• MONSTROUS
  1. Marvelous; strange. 2. Having the qualities of a monster; deviating greatly from the natural form or character; abnormal; as, a monstrous birth. Locke. He, therefore, that refuses to do good to them whom he is bound to love ... is unnatural
• ABSURD
  An absurdity. Pope.
• SUPERABUNDANT
  Abounding to excess; being more than is sufficient; redundant; as, superabundant zeal. -- Su`per*a*bun"dant*ly, adv.
• ENORMOUSNESS
  The state of being enormous.
• EXACT
  drive out, to demand, enforce, finish, determine, measure; ex out + 1. Precisely agreeing with a standard, a fact, or the truth; perfectly conforming; neither exceeding nor falling short in any respect; true; correct; precise; as, the clock keeps
• INEXACTLY
  In a manner not exact or precise; inaccurately. R. A. Proctor.
• INEXACT
  Not exact; not precisely correct or true; inaccurate.
• OVERRIGOROUS
  Too rigorous; harsh.