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adj. not extreme in behavior; "temperate in his habits"; "a temperate response to an insult"; "temperate in his eating and drinking"

moderate, temperate

adj. not extreme; "a moderate penalty"; "temperate in his response to criticism"

temperate, sparing

adj. not extreme in behavior; "temperate in his habits"; "a temperate response to an insult"; "temperate in his eating and drinking"

temperate, moderately cold

adj. comfortably cool: "a cool room"

cautious, conservative

adj. avoiding excess; "a conservative estimate"

fair, fairish, reasonable

adj. not excessive or extreme; "a fairish income"; "reasonable prices"

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"

pastel

adj. delicate and pale in color; "pastel pink"

economical, frugal, scotch, sparing, 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"

sparse, thin

adj. not dense; "a thin beard"; "trees were sparse"

blind, unreasoning

adj. not based on reason or evidence; "blind hatred"; "blind faith"; "unreasoning panic"

hideous, horrid, horrific, 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"

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

overpriced

adj. too costly for the value; "overpriced items at resort shops"

expensive

adj. high in price or charging high prices; "expensive clothes"; "an expensive shop"

exorbitant, extortionate, outrageous, steep, 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"

big, bighearted, bounteous, bountiful, freehanded, handsome, giving, liberal, openhanded

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"

great

adj. remarkable or out of the ordinary in degree or magnitude or effect; "a great crisis"; "had a great stake in the outcome"

abundant

adj. present in great quantity; "an abundant supply of water"

excessive, extravagant, exuberant, overweening

adj. unrestrained, especially with regard to feelings; "extravagant praise"; "exuberant compliments"; "overweening ambition"; "overweening greed"

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

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"

pastel

adj. delicate and pale in color; "pastel pink"

gentle

adj. having or showing a kindly or tender nature; "the gentle touch of her hand"; "her gentle manner was comforting"; "a gentle sensitive nature"; "gentle blue eyes"

mild-mannered

adj. behaving in or having a mild or gentle manner

abstinent, abstentious

adj. self-restraining; not indulging an appetite especially for food or drink; "not totally abstinent but abstemious"

ascetic, ascetical, austere, spartan

adj. practicing great self-denial; "Be systematically ascetic...do...something for no other reason than that you would rather not do it"- William James; "a desert nomad's austere life"; "a spartan diet"; "a spartan existence"

air-cooled

adj. cooled by a flow of air; "an air-cooled engine"

air-conditioned

adj. cooled by air conditioning

chill, chilly

adj. uncomfortably cool; "a chill wind"; "chilly weather"

chilled

adj. made cold: "a frosty glass of chilled lemonade"

cooled

adj. made or become cool or made cool as specified; often used as a combining form: "air-cooled"; "the cooled milk was put in the refrigerator"

iced

adj. cooled with ice: "iced tea"

caller

adj. providing coolness; "a cooling breeze"; "`caller' is a Scottish term as in `a caller breeze'"

precooled

adj. cooled in advance

water-cooled

adj. kept cool or designed to be kept cool by means of water especially circulating water; "a water-cooled engine"

intemperate

adj. excessive in behavior; "intemperate rage"

immoderate

adj. beyond reasonable limits; "immoderate laughter"; "immoderate spending"

profound

adj. showing intellectual penetration or emotional depth; "the differences are profound"; "a profound insight"; "a profound book"; "a profound mind"; "profound contempt"; "profound regret"

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