exorbitant

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(ĭg-zôr'bĭ-tənt) pronunciation
adj.
Exceeding all bounds, as of custom or fairness: exorbitant prices. See synonyms at excessive.

[Middle English, aberrant, flagrant, from Old French, excessive, extreme, from Late Latin exorbitāns, exorbitant-, present participle of exorbitāre, to deviate : Latin ex-, ex- + Latin orbita, path, track; see orbit.]

exorbitantly ex·or'bi·tant·ly adv.

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adj

Definition: extravagant, excessive
Antonyms: cheap, inexpensive, low, moderate, reasonable, sensible

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IN BRIEF: Going beyond usual and proper limits.

pronunciation The cost of the new television was truly exorbitant.

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Dansk (Danish)
adj. - overdreven, urimelig

Nederlands (Dutch)
exorbitant, buitensporig, niet op het terrein van de wet

Français (French)
adj. - exorbitant, excessif, exagéré, démesuré, extravagant (prétentions)

Deutsch (German)
adj. - exorbitant, maßlos

Ελληνική (Greek)
adj. - υπέρμετρος, παράλογος, εξωφρενικός, υπέρογκος

Italiano (Italian)
esorbitante

Português (Portuguese)
adj. - exorbitante, excessivo

Русский (Russian)
огромный, чрезмерный

Español (Spanish)
adj. - exorbitante, excesivo, desmedido, desmesurado

Svenska (Swedish)
adj. - orimlig, oerhörd

中文(简体)(Chinese (Simplified))
过度的, 过分的, 过高的

中文(繁體)(Chinese (Traditional))
adj. - 過度的, 過分的, 過高的

한국어 (Korean)
adj. - 터무니 없는

日本語 (Japanese)
adj. - 法外な

العربيه (Arabic)
‏(صفه) فادح, باهظ‏

עברית (Hebrew)
adj. - ‮מופקע, מופרז‬


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