'Immoderate' definitions:
Definition of 'immoderate'
(from WordNet)
adjective
Beyond reasonable limits; "immoderate laughter"; "immoderate spending" [ant: moderate]
Definition of 'Immoderate'
From: GCIDE
- Immoderate \Im*mod"er*ate\, a. [L. immoderatus; pref. im- not + moderatus moderate. See Moderate.] Not moderate; exceeding just or usual and suitable bounds; excessive; extravagant; unreasonable; as, immoderate demands; immoderate grief; immoderate laughter. [1913 Webster]
- So every scope by the immoderate use Turns to restraint. --Shak.
- Syn: Excessive; exorbitant; unreasonable; extravagant; intemperate; inordinate. [1913 Webster]
Synonyms of 'immoderate'
From: Moby Thesaurus
- a bit much,
- abandoned,
- acute,
- bibulous,
- boundless,
- crapulent,
- crapulous,
- cutthroat,
- cutting,
- dizzy,
- drastic,
- egregious,
- enormous,
- exacting,
- exaggerated,
- excessive,
- exorbitant,
- extortionate,
- extravagant,
- extreme,
- fabulous,
- fancy,
- fierce,
- furious,
- gigantic,
- gluttonous,
- go-go,
- gouging,
- great,
- grossly overpriced,
- high,
- hyperbolic,
- hypertrophied,
- incontinent,
- indulgent,
- inflationary,
- inordinate,
- intemperate,
- intense,
- irrepressible,
- keen,
- lax,
- licentious,
- loose,
- monstrous,
- nonrestrictive,
- out of bounds,
- out of control,
- out of hand,
- out of sight,
- outrageous,
- overbig,
- overdeveloped,
- overgreat,
- overgrown,
- overindulgent,
- overindulging,
- overlarge,
- overmuch,
- overpriced,
- overweening,
- permissive,
- piercing,
- preposterous,
- prodigal,
- prohibitive,
- rampant,
- reinless,
- rigorous,
- riotous,
- rough,
- self-indulgent,
- severe,
- sharp,
- skyrocketing,
- spiraling,
- splitting,
- steep,
- stiff,
- swinish,
- too much,
- tough,
- towering,
- unbridled,
- unchecked,
- uncoerced,
- uncompelled,
- unconscionable,
- unconstrained,
- uncontrolled,
- uncurbed,
- undisciplined,
- undue,
- unforced,
- unfrugal,
- ungoverned,
- uninhibited,
- unlimited,
- unmastered,
- unmeasurable,
- unmeasured,
- unmuzzled,
- unreasonable,
- unreined,
- unrepressed,
- unreserved,
- unrestrained,
- unrestrictive,
- unruly,
- unsubdued,
- unsuppressed,
- untempered,
- unthrifty,
- unwarranted,
- usurious,
- vehement,
- venomous,
- violent,
- virulent,
- wanton,
- wild