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Adjectives (9)
exuberant, overweening, extravagant
adj. unrestrained, especially with regard to feelings; "extravagant praise"; "exuberant compliments"; "overweening ambition"; "overweening greed"
superfluous, de trop
adj. "in retrospect the elaborate preparations seemed de trop"
undue, extraordinary, unreasonable, inordinate
adj. beyond normal limits; "excessive charges"; "a book of inordinate length"; "his dress stops just short of undue elegance"; "unreasonable demands"
Fuzzynyms (85)
abundant
adj. present in great quantity; "an abundant supply of water"
extreme, Olympian, great, exceptional, prodigious, exceeding, surpassing
adj. far beyond what is usual in magnitude or degree; "a night of exceeding darkness"; "an exceptional memory"; "olympian efforts to save the city from bankruptcy"; "the young Mozart's prodigious talents"
giving, liberal, big, handsome, bountiful, bounteous, openhanded, free-handed, big-hearted
adj. given or giving freely; "was a big tipper"; "the bounteous goodness of God"; "bountiful compliments"; "a freehanded host"; "a handsome allowance"; "Saturday's child is loving and giving"; "a liberal backer of the arts"; "a munificent gift"; "her fond and openhanded grandfather"
steep, exorbitant, extortionate, outrageous, unconscionable, usurious
adj. greatly exceeding bounds of reason or moderation; "exorbitant rent"; "extortionate prices"; "spends an outrageous amount on entertainment"; "usurious interest rate"; "unconscionable spending"
expensive
adj. high in price or charging high prices; "expensive clothes"; "an expensive shop"
overpriced
adj. too costly for the value; "overpriced items at resort shops"
incongruous, unreasonable, absurd
adj. inconsistent with reason or logic or common sense; "the absurd predicament of seeming to argue that virtue is highly desirable but intensely unpleasant"- Walter Lippman
hideous, horrid, outrageous
adj. grossly offensive to decency or morality; causing horror; "subjected to outrageous cruelty"; "a hideous pattern of injustice"; "horrific conditions in the mining industry"
blind, unreasonable, unreasoning
adj. not based on reason or evidence; "blind hatred"; "blind faith"; "unreasoning panic"
thin, sparse
adj. not dense; "a thin beard"; "trees were sparse"
moderate, temperate
adj. not extreme; "a moderate penalty"; "temperate in his response to criticism"
fair, fairish, reasonable
adj. not excessive or extreme; "a fairish income"; "reasonable prices"
outermost, outmost
adj. situated at the farthest possible point from a center
immoderate
adj. not within reasonable limits; "immoderate laughter"; "immoderate spending"
undue, extraordinary, unreasonable, excessive, inordinate
adj. beyond normal limits; "excessive charges"; "a book of inordinate length"; "his dress stops just short of undue elegance"; "unreasonable demands"
bleached, faded, washed-out, washy
adj. having lost freshness or brilliance of color; "sun-bleached deck chairs"; "faded jeans"; "a very pale washed-out blue"; "washy colors"
pale, pastel, whitish, palish, light-colored, light-coloured
adj. delicate and pale in color; "pastel pink"
rampant
adj. unrestrained and violent; "rampant aggression"
epidemic
adj. (especially of medicine) of disease or anything resembling a disease; attacking or affecting many individuals in a community or a population simultaneously; "an epidemic outbreak of influenza"
emotional, effusive, gushing, gushy
adj. extravagantly demonstrative; "insincere and effusive demonstrations of sentimental friendship"; "a large gushing female"; "write unrestrained and gushy poetry"
intolerable
adj. incapable of being put up with; "an intolerable degree of sentimentality"
intemperate
adj. excessive in behavior; "intemperate rage"
exuberant, excessive, overweening, extravagant
adj. unrestrained, especially with regard to feelings; "extravagant praise"; "exuberant compliments"; "overweening ambition"; "overweening greed"
great
adj. relatively large in size or number or extent; larger than others of its kind; "a great juicy steak"; "a great multitude"; "the great auk"; "a great old oak"; "a great ocean liner"; "a great delay"
high, heavy, big, violent
adj. marked by intense physical force: "a big wind"; "a violent squall"; "heavy seas"; "high winds"
irrational
adj. not consistent with or using reason; "irrational fears"; "irrational animals"
gratuitous, needless, uncalled-for
adj. unnecessary and unwarranted; "a strikers' tent camp...was burned with needless loss of life"
unnecessary, unneeded
adj. not necessary
undue, unwarranted, unjustified
adj. lacking justification or authorization; "unreasonable searches and seizures"; "desire for undue private profit"; "unwarranted limitations of personal freedom"
Synonyms (43)
unbridled, unchecked, uncurbed
adj. not restrained or controlled; "unbridled rage"; "an unchecked temper"; "ungoverned rage"
unlaced, unbuttoned
adj. not under constraint in action or expression; "this unbuttoned and disrespectful age"- Curtis Bok; "unlaced behavior in the neighborhood pub"
unhampered, unhindered
adj. not slowed or blocked or interfered with; "an outlet for healthy and unhampered action"; "a priest unhampered by scruple"; "the new stock market was unhampered by tradition"
unhampered, uninhibited, unhindered
adj. not slowed or blocked or interfered with; "an outlet for healthy and unhampered action"; "a priest unhampered by scruple"; "the new stock market was unhampered by tradition"
abdicable
adj. capable of being discarded or renounced or relinquished; "abdicable responsibilites"
cast-off, discarded
adj. thrown away; "wearing someone's cast-off clothes"; "throwaway children living on the streets"; "salvaged some thrown-away furniture"
outcast, friendless
adj. excluded from a society
outcaste, casteless
adj. not belonging to or having been expelled from a caste and thus having no place or status in society; "the foreigner was a casteless person"
rejected
adj. something or someone judged unacceptable; "rejected merchandise"
uncalled-for
adj. not required or requested; "uncalled-for suggestions"
unclaimed
adj. not claimed or called for by an owner or assignee; "unclaimed luggage"
unsought, undesired
adj. not desired; "an undesired result"
unwelcome, unwished, unwished-for
adj. not welcome; "unwelcome publicity"
too much, a bit much
adj. (informal) "a bit much"
overdone, exaggerated, overstated
adj. represented as greater than is true or reasonable; "an exaggerated opinion of oneself"
steep, exorbitant, extortionate, outrageous, unconscionable, usurious
adj. greatly exceeding bounds of reason or moderation; "exorbitant rent"; "extortionate prices"; "spends an outrageous amount on entertainment"; "usurious interest rate"; "unconscionable spending"
extreme
adj. beyond a norm in views or actions; "an extreme conservative"; "an extreme liberal"; "extreme views on integration"; "extreme opinions"
radical, extremist, ultra
adj. (used of opinions and actions) far beyond the norm; "extremist political views"; "radical opinions on education"; "an ultra conservative"
gross, glaring
adj. far exceeding the normal: "a glaring error"; "gross inefficiency"
over
adj. (prefix) excessive: "over-abusive"; "overabusive"
Antonyms (14)
scotch, sparing, economical, frugal, stinting
adj. avoiding waste; "an economical meal"; "an economical shopper"; "a frugal farmer"; "a frugal lunch"; "a sparing father and a spending son"; "sparing in their use of heat and light"; "stinting in bestowing gifts"; "thrifty because they remember the great Depression"; "`scotch' is used only informally"
moderate
adj. being within reasonable or average limits; not excessive or extreme; "moderate prices"; "a moderate income"; "a moderate fine"; "moderate demands"; "a moderate estimate"; "a moderate eater"; "moderate success"; "a kitchen of moderate size"; "the X-ray showed moderate enlargement of the heart"
rational, reasonable
adj. marked by sound judgment; "sane nuclear policy"
moderate
adj. being within reasonable or average limits; not excessive or extreme; "moderate prices"; "a moderate income"; "a moderate fine"; "moderate demands"; "a moderate estimate"; "a moderate eater"; "moderate success"; "a kitchen of moderate size"; "the X-ray showed moderate enlargement of the heart"
sensible, reasonable
adj. showing reason or sound judgment; "a sensible choice"; "a sensible person"
fair, fairish, reasonable
adj. not excessive or extreme; "a fairish income"; "reasonable prices"
excessive
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