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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"

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"

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, 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"

blind, unreasoning

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

sparse, thin

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

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"

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

dearly-won, costly

adj. entailing great loss or sacrifice; "a dearly-won victory"

valuable

adj. having great material or monetary value especially for use or exchange; "a valuable diamond"

dear, devout, earnest, heartfelt

adj. earnest; "one's dearest wish"; "devout wishes for their success"; "heartfelt condolences"

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"

brainsick, crazy, demented, disturbed, mad, sick, unbalanced, unhinged

adj. affected with madness or insanity; "a man who had gone mad"

high, heavy, big, violent

adj. marked by intense physical force: "a big wind"; "a violent squall"; "heavy seas"; "high winds"

too much, a bit much

adj. (informal) "a bit much"

exaggerated, overdone, overstated

adj. represented as greater than is true or reasonable; "an exaggerated opinion of oneself"

extraordinary, over-the-top, sinful

adj. far more than usual or expected; "an extraordinary desire for approval"; "it was an over-the-top experience"

extreme

adj. beyond a norm in views or actions; "an extreme conservative"; "an extreme liberal"; "extreme views on integration"; "extreme opinions"

extremist, radical, 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"

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"

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