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Definition/Meaning

(adjective)

unreasonably or exceedingly high;

e.g. They are farmers by tradition, but exorbitant taxes have leached any profitability out of their profession.

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Similar Words

Baroque

Bunyanesque

Cavernous

Devilish

Excessive

Extravagant

Extreme

Fancy

Immoderate

Inordinate

Intolerable

Lavish

Monolithic

Over-the-top

Overdue

Overmuch

Overweening

Steep

Stiff

Towering

Unconscionable

Undue

Uneconomic

Unmerciful

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Opposite Words

Affordable

Bargain-basement

Budget

Cheap

Cheapie

Chintzy

Cut-price

Cut-rate

Deficient

Dime-store

Inadequate

Inexpensive

Insufficient

Low-end

Middling

Minimal

Minimum

Moderate

Modest

Popular

Temperate

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Related Words

Big

Big-ticket

Biggish

Boundless

Boxcar

Bulky

Considerable

Costly

Delirious

Endless

Expensive

Extravagant

Ferocious

Feverish

Fierce

Frantic

Frenetic

Frenzied

Furious

Goodly

Grand

Great

Handsome

Hefty

High

High-end

Hulking

Husky

Immeasurable

Improper

Inappropriate

Infinite

Large

Mad

Outsize

Oversize

Precious

Premium

Priceless

Pricey

Rabid

Sizable

Substantial

Thick

Tidy

Unbearable

Unjustifiable

Unrestrained

Unseemly

Unwarranted

Valuable

Violent

Voluminous

Wild

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