Exorbitant — meaning, pronunciation & more

Definition

greatly exceeding bounds of reason or moderation

Pronunciation

🇺🇸American English

/ɛɡzˈɔːɹbɪtənt/

🇬🇧British English

/ɛɡzˈɔːbɪtənt/

🇮🇳Indian English

/ɛɡzˈɔːbɪtənt/

4 syllables Say it as /ɛɡzˈɔːɹbɪtənt/.

Examples

exorbitant rent
extortionate prices
spends an outrageous amount on entertainment

Synonyms & Antonyms

Synonyms

unconscionable usurious steep extortionate outrageous

Parts of Speech

adjective

greatly exceeding bounds of reason or moderation

“exorbitant rent”

Word Forms

exorbitance	noun	excessive excess
outrageousness	noun	excessive excess
usury	noun	an exorbitant or unlawful rate of interest

Around the World

Europe

🇪🇸Spanish

exorbitante

exceder con creces los límites de la razón o la moderación

🇮🇹Italian

esorbitante

eccedendo di gran lunga i limiti della ragione o della moderazione

🇵🇹Portuguese

exorbitante

excedendo muito os limites da razão ou moderação

🇷🇺Russian

непомерный

значительно превышающий границы разумного или умеренности

India

🇮🇳Hindi

अत्यधिक

कारण या संयम की सीमा से बहुत अधिक

🇧🇩Bengali

অত্যধিক

যুক্তি বা সংযমের সীমা অতিক্রম করে

🇮🇳Tamil

மிகையான

பகுத்தறிவு அல்லது மிதமான வரம்புகளை மிக அதிகமாக மீறுகிறது

🇮🇳Telugu

విపరీతమైన

కారణం లేదా నియంత్రణ యొక్క హద్దులను చాలా మించిపోయింది

🇮🇳Marathi

प्रचंड

कारण किंवा संयमाच्या मर्यादेपेक्षा जास्त

🇮🇳Gujarati

અતિશય

કારણ અથવા મધ્યસ્થતાની સીમાઓને મોટા પ્રમાણમાં ઓળંગવી

🇮🇳Kannada

ವಿಪರೀತ

ಕಾರಣ ಅಥವಾ ಮಿತವಾದ ಮಿತಿಗಳನ್ನು ಹೆಚ್ಚು ಮೀರಿದೆ

🇮🇳Malayalam

അമിതമായ

യുക്തിയുടെയോ മിതത്വത്തിൻ്റെയോ അതിരുകൾ കവിയുന്നു

🇮🇳Punjabi

ਬਹੁਤ ਜ਼ਿਆਦਾ

ਤਰਕ ਜਾਂ ਸੰਜਮ ਦੀਆਂ ਹੱਦਾਂ ਤੋਂ ਬਹੁਤ ਜ਼ਿਆਦਾ

🇵🇰Urdu

حد سے زیادہ

وجہ یا اعتدال کی حد سے بہت زیادہ

East & Southeast Asia

🇨🇳Chinese

高昂

大大超出理性或节制的界限

🇯🇵Japanese

法外な

理性や節度の範囲を大きく超えている

🇰🇷Korean

엄청난

이성이나 절제의 한계를 크게 초과함

🇻🇳Vietnamese

cắt cổ

vượt quá giới hạn của lý trí hoặc sự điều độ

🇹🇭Thai

สูงเกินไป

เกินขอบเขตของเหตุผลหรือการกลั่นกรองอย่างมาก

🇮🇩Indonesian

terlalu tinggi

sangat melampaui batas nalar atau moderasi

🇵🇭Filipino

labis-labis

lubhang lampas sa mga hangganan ng katwiran o katamtaman

🇲🇾Malay

terlalu tinggi

melampaui batas akal atau kesederhanaan

Middle East

🇸🇦Arabic

باهظ

يتجاوز كثيرا حدود العقل أو الاعتدال

🇮🇷Persian

گزاف

بسیار فراتر از مرزهای عقل یا اعتدال

🇹🇷Turkish

fahiş

mantık veya ölçü sınırlarını fazlasıyla aşan

🇮🇱Hebrew

מוּפקָע

חורג מאוד מגבולות ההיגיון או המתינות

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The primary meaning of 'exorbitant' is 'greatly exceeding bounds of reason or moderation'.

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