immoderate
/ɪˈmɒd(ə)rət
/adjective
Not sensible or restrained; excessive: immoderate drinking...
- The focus on public perception was timely and uncommonly sensible, leading to immoderate yahooing in certain loungerooms.
- It also contains an alkaloid called arecoline, which can usually due to excessive or immoderate use over a long period of time produce squamous cell carcinoma of the mouth, a form of skin cancer.
- Remember the cause of this is blocking the qi of the spleen and stomach as a result of excessively cold or hot food and drink and immoderate and irregular eating habits.
Synonyms
excessive, heavy, intemperate, unrestrained, unrestricted, uncontrolled, unlimited, unbridled, uncurbed, self-indulgent, overindulgent, imprudent, reckless, wild;
undue, inordinate, unreasonable, unjustified, unwarranted, uncalled for, outrageous, egregious;
extravagant, lavish, prodigal, profligate, wanton, dissipative
Derivatives
immoderately
/ adverb ...- The cumulative gain on capital over that time, with quite a respectable long term growth rate, particularly accelerated over recent centuries, has made me altogether immoderately rich.
- When she talked, she spoke in husky tones and larded her remarks with double-entendres, and when I talked, she hung on my words and laughed immoderately at the faintest suggestion of wit in my remarks.
- It was a moderately brave act of which I remain immoderately proud, as a just and deeply felt tribute to a truly great player.
immoderateness
Origin
Late Middle English: from Latin immoderatus, from in- 'not' + moderatus 'reduced, controlled' (past participle of moderare).
Rhymes
- monkey house
- monkey hurdler
- monkey in the middle
- monkeyish
- monkey island
- monkey jacket
- monkey-like
- monkey-man
- monkey meat
- monkey-moshun
- monkey motion
- monkey musk
- monkey nut
- monkey on a stick
- monkey orange
- monkey orchestra
- monkey orchid
- monkey parade
- monkey pistol
- monkey-pod
- monkey pole
- monkey-pot
- monkeypox
- monkeypox virus
- monkey puzzle