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uppity
adj. presumptuously arrogant; "had a witty but overweening manner"; "no idea how overweening he would be"- S.V.Benet; "getting a little uppity and needed to be slapped down"- NY Times
exuberant, excessive, extravagant
adj. unrestrained, especially with regard to feelings; "extravagant praise"; "exuberant compliments"; "overweening ambition"; "overweening greed"
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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"
Synonyms (12)
important, authoritative
adj. having or suggesting a consciousness of high position; "recited the decree with an important air"; "took long important strides in the direction of his office"
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"
Antonyms (8)
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"
overweening
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