exorbitant
Meaning of exorbitant
- (of a price or amount charged) unreasonably high.
some hotels charge exorbitant rates for phone calls
late Middle English (originally describing a legal case that is outside the scope of a law): from late Latin exorbitant- ‘going off the track’, from exorbitare, from ex- ‘out from’ + orbita ‘course, track’.
Information about exorbitant
- It is an adjective.
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CatalanHyphenation of exorbitant
ex-or-bi-tant
- It consists of 4 syllables and 10 chars.
- exorbitant is a word polysyllabic because it has four or more syllables
exorbitant synonyms
Meaning extortionate:
extortionate, outrageous, steep, unconscionable, usurious
Meaning more than is necessary, normal, or desirable; immoderate:
Meaning (of a price or charge) so high as to prevent something being done or bought:
Meaning not guided by or based on good sense:
Meaning contrary to reason or common sense; utterly absurd or ridiculous:
Meaning unusually or disproportionately large; excessive:
Meaning not sensible or restrained; excessive:
Meaning distended through being filled with air or gas:
Meaning having the ugly or frightening appearance of a monster:
Meaning not justified or authorized:
Meaning extremely large; enormous:
Meaning very large in size, quantity, or extent:
Meaning too large or too small in comparison with something else:
Meaning (of a tax or other charge) extremely high:
Meaning costing far more than can be afforded:
Meaning costing a lot of money:
Meaning lacking restraint in spending money or using resources:
Meaning relating to crime:
Meaning not easily bent or changed in shape; rigid:
exorbitant antonyms
Meaning having sound judgement; fair and sensible:
Meaning relating to or characterized by competition:
Translation of exorbitant
- German: übermäßig
- Spanish: excesivo, excesiva, exorbitante, desmedido, desmedida
- French: exorbitant
- Italian: esorbitante
Words that rhyme with exorbitant
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