immoderateadj.
/ɪˈmɒdərət/ 1.
a. Not moderate; exceeding usual or proper limits; excessive, extravagant, too great.
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the world > relative properties > quantity > sufficient quantity, amount, or degree > excessive amount or degree > [adjective] > excessive or too great in amount or degree
overmeteeOE
unmeeteOE
unimeteOE
unmethelyOE
over-mickleOE
hoflesc1175
overmucha1300
unskilwisea1340
unskilfulc1370
luxuriousc1374
overseemingc1384
superfluec1384
unreasonablea1387
outrageousc1390
over-greatc1390
overlargec1390
overgrowna1398
unmeasurablea1398
unmoderatea1398
unordinatea1398
immoderate1398
rankc1400
overabundantc1410
excessivea1420
superabundant?a1425
unmeasureda1425
superfluousc1475
nimious?c1500
surfeitc1500
overliberala1535
torc1540
exceeding1548
distemperate1557
over-ranka1568
overswelling1582
accessive1583
overaboundinga1600
overteeming1603
excessful1633
overproportionated1647
superproportioned1652
over-proportioned1662
overproportionate1672
unduea1684
unequal1704
unmerciful1707
hypermetric1854
hypertrophied1879
over the top1980
1398 J. Trevisa tr. Bartholomew de Glanville De Proprietatibus Rerum (1495) xiii. xxvi. 460 Inmoderate heete greuyth fysshe.
1539 T. Elyot Castel of Helthe (new ed.) 48 a Immoderate slepe maketh the body apt vnto palsies.
1601 F. Godwin Catal. Bishops of Eng. 471 By reason of these immoderate expenses he became so bare, that [etc.]
1712 E. Budgell Spectator No. 277. ¶14 Her Necklace was of an immoderate length.
1855 T. B. Macaulay Hist. Eng. IV. xxi. 576 His immoderate zeal against the unfortunate clan.
b. Of persons: Wanting in moderation; going beyond reasonable bounds in action or opinion; extreme.
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the world > action or operation > behaviour > bad behaviour > lack of moderation or restraint > [adjective] > specifically of persons
unsufferablea1387
unmeasurablec1405
immoderatec1450
inordinatec1450
dissolutec1475
excessive1586
extravagant1600
painful1749
unforbearing1820
c1450 J. Lydgate Secrees 939 In his departyng whoo is inmoderat, This to seyn whoo is nat mesurable In his Rychesse but disordinat, Is Callyd prodigus.
1638 F. Junius Painting of Ancients 279 Pindarus was immoderate in the ornaments of his poesie.
1797 E. Burke Three Mem. French Affairs 39 The..Government..which the immoderate Republicans began so very lately to introduce into Holland.
1890 Daily News 12 Dec. 3/3 Mr. Labouchere..said..He was not a moderate but an immoderate Liberal.
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the world > action or operation > behaviour > bad behaviour > lack of moderation or restraint > [adjective]
outragea1325
unskilwisea1340
unskilfulc1370
delavyc1380
unordinatea1398
excess?a1400
untemperatea1425
unmannered1435
immoderate1497
insolent?a1500
surfeitc1500
intemperate1508
exceedinga1513
unsober1535
intemperant1542
distemperate1557
distempered1587
intemperous1614
acrasial1845
1497 J. Alcock Mons Perfeccionis (de Worde) B iij A man wrothe is so immoderat that he knowith not what he sayth.
1567 J. Maplet Greene Forest Pref. sig. Aviij I therefore desire a Reader not learned, but vnskilfull: yet rather learned then immoderate.
1641 Naunton's Fragmenta Regalia sig. F2 Those imoderate Courses of his youth.
1659 D. Pell Πελαγος 19 (note) Alexander was continent, yet immoderate.
1696 E. Phillips New World of Words (new ed.) Immoderate, observing no measure, intemperate beyond excess.
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the world > relative properties > quantity > greatness of quantity, amount, or degree > [adjective] > infinite or unlimited
finitea1400
infinite1413
unmeasuredc1429
immoderatec1508
unbounded1646
unhoopable1672
ensophic1693
unlimited1702
unboundc1725
unpartial1787
c1508 Lyf St. Ursula (de Worde) sig. A.vi To be theyr guydes he sente his aungelles bryght Athwarte the see by his dyuyne prouysyon Brought them to hauen thrugh his immoderat myght.
1656 A. Cowley Davideis ii. 61 in Poems An heav'nly Maid walks in..Immod'rate Grace Spoke things far more then humane in her Face.
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