immoderate
Something that goes way overboard or is excessive is immoderate. Immoderate exercise can lead to pulled muscles and sprains.
If someone's behavior is unreasonable or extreme, you can call it immoderate. Immoderate spending results in arms full of shopping bags and a whole lot of credit card debt, and immoderate eating at a huge breakfast buffet can give you a stomach ache for the rest of the day. Immoderate is the opposite of the adjective moderate, which means calm or restrained. Both words have the same Latin root, moderatus, "within bounds, or observing moderation."
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beyond reasonable limits“immoderate laughter”“immoderate spending”
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Synonyms:
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intense
possessing or displaying a distinctive feature to a heightened degree
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abnormal
much greater than the normal
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all-fired
extreme; used as an intensifier
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exaggerated, overdone, overstated
represented as greater than is true or reasonable
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excessive, inordinate, undue, unreasonable
beyond normal limits
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exorbitant, extortionate, extravagant, outrageous, steep, unconscionable, usurious
greatly exceeding bounds of reason or moderation
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extraordinary, over-the-top, sinful
far more than usual or expected
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extreme
far beyond a norm in quantity or amount or degree; to an utmost degree
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extreme
beyond a norm in views or actions
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extremist, radical, ultra
(used of opinions and actions) far beyond the norm
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far
beyond a norm in opinion or actions
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stark
complete or extreme
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unreasonable
not reasonable; not showing good judgment
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intemperate
excessive in behavior
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Antonyms:
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moderate
being within reasonable or average limits; not excessive or extreme
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mild
moderate in type or degree or effect or force; far from extreme
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average, intermediate, medium
around the middle of a scale of evaluation
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cautious, conservative
avoiding excess
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fair, fairish, reasonable
not excessive or extreme
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indifferent
neither too great nor too little
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limited
not excessive
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middle-of-the-road
not extreme, especially in political views
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minimalist
advocating minimal reforms (as in government or politics)
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modest, small
not large but sufficient in size or amount
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temperate
not extreme in behavior
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intense
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Vocabulary lists containing immoderate
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