English > immoderate: 1 sense > adjective 1| Meaning | Beyond reasonable limits. |
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| Examples | - "immoderate laughter"
- "immoderate spending"
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| Attribute of | moderation, moderateness | Quality of being moderate and avoiding extremes / extremes |
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| Narrower | abnormal | Much greater than the normal |
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| all-fired | extreme / extreme |
| exaggerated, overdone, overstated | represented as greater than is true or reasonable / reasonable |
| excessive, inordinate, undue, unreasonable | Beyond normal limits |
| exorbitant, extortionate, outrageous, steep, unconscionable, usurious | greatly exceeding bounds of reason or moderation |
| extraordinary, over-the-top, sinful | Far more than usual / usual or expected |
| extreme | Far beyond a norm in quantity or amount or degree |
| extreme | Beyond a norm in views or actions |
| extremist, radical, ultra | (used of opinions and actions) far beyond the norm |
| far | Beyond a norm in opinion or actions |
| stark | complete or extreme / extreme |
| See also | intemperate | excessive in behavior |
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| intense | Possessing or displaying a distinctive feature to a heightened degree |
| unreasonable | not reasonable |
| Opposite | moderate | Within reasonable or average limits |
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| Spanish | desmedido, desmesurado, inmoderado |
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| Catalan | desmesurat, immoderat |
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| Nouns | immoderateness | the quality of being excessive and lacking in moderation |
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| Adverbs | immoderately | without moderation |
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| immoderately | to a degree that exceeds the bounds or reason or moderation |
