immoderate
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8.0
- adjective
- /ɪˈmɒdərɪt/
:
excesivo
- Nonie states in an immoderate voice, "I don't mind the lightning!"
- become immoderate
His son was attacked with fits of immoderate laughter.
- His son was attacked with fits of immoderate laughter.
Examples
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How will we know when the pursuit of moderation itself becomes immoderate?
Academic text (1991) -
The immoderate use of tobacco, an enslaving habit when formed early in life.
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Despite the immoderate tone, all in all, the charges were accurate.
Academic text (2007) -
His son was attacked with fits of immoderate laughter.
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His supporters are equally immoderate in their praise.
Academic text (2003) -
Because it's certainly possible to be intemperate or immoderate with with how one manages food with respect to oneself.
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But the mood of the electorate is angry, immoderate, and entering the 2012 fray might only end up damaging Jeb's brand.
Blog text (11) -
Burke's doctrines, which by his own account "of themselves gravitate to a middle point," dictate, at times, immoderate action in defense of the middle path.
Academic text (1994) -
But he resented authors and their publishers, who he felt engaged in immoderate self-promotion and literary politicking, more eager to garner prizes than to produce results.
Academic text (1997) -
He showed an immoderate desire for wealth, spending excessively on luxury items.
Synonyms
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3.6
More than is needed or reasonable
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4.2
Too high to be fair or reasonable
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5.2
Very extreme or exaggerated in a way that seems unreasonable
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6.1
Too large and unfair in amount, often about money
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8.8
Cannot control strong feelings or actions, often when drinking alcohol
Antonyms
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Etymology
The word immoderate is made from im- meaning 'not' and moderate, a word from a root meaning 'measure' or 'limit'. So immoderate literally means 'not measured', which helps explain why it means 'too much' or 'excessive'.