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immoderate
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im·mod·er·ate  (-mdr-t)
adj.
Exceeding normal or appropriate bounds; extreme: immoderate spending; immoderate laughter. See Synonyms at excessive.

[Middle English, from Latin immodertus : in-, not; see in-1 + modertus, past participle of moderr, to moderate; see med- in Indo-European roots.]

im·moder·ate·ly adv.
im·moder·ate·ness, im·moder·ation n.

immoderate [ɪˈmɒdərɪt ɪˈmɒdrɪt]
adj
1. lacking in moderation; excessive immoderate demands
2. Obsolete venial; intemperate immoderate habits
immoderately  adv
immoderation , immoderateness n
ThesaurusLegend:  Synonyms Related Words Antonyms
Adj.1.immoderate - beyond reasonable limits; "immoderate laughter"; "immoderate spending"
intense - possessing or displaying a distinctive feature to a heightened degree; "intense heat"; "intense anxiety"; "intense desire"; "intense emotion"; "the skunk's intense acrid odor"; "intense pain"; "enemy fire was intense"
unreasonable - not reasonable; not showing good judgment
intemperate - excessive in behavior; "intemperate rage"
moderate - being within reasonable or average limits; not excessive or extreme; "moderate prices"; "a moderate income"; "a moderate fine"; "moderate demands"; "a moderate estimate"; "a moderate eater"; "moderate success"; "a kitchen of moderate size"; "the X-ray showed moderate enlargement of the heart"

immoderate
adjective excessive, extreme, over the top (slang), enormous, steep (informal), exaggerated, extravagant, unreasonable, undue, uncontrolled, unjustified, unwarranted, exorbitant, unrestrained, profligate, inordinate, over the odds (informal), egregious, intemperate, unconscionable, uncalled-for, O.T.T. (slang) He launched an immoderate tirade on his son.
controlled, reasonable, moderate, mild, restrained, temperate, judicious
Translations
immoderate [ɪˈmɒdərɪt] ADJ [opinion, reaction] → desmesurado; [demand] → excesivo, inmoderado; [person] → extremista, radical
with immoderate haste (frm) → con excesiva or desmesurada celeridad(frm)
immoderate [ɪˈmɒdərət] adj [amount, number] → démesuré(e)
immoderate
adj desireübermäßig, unmäßig; viewsübertrieben, extrem; personextrem
immoderate [ɪˈmɒdrɪt] adj (person) → smodato/a, sregolato/a; (opinion, reaction, demand) → eccessivo/a
immoderate [ɪˈmɒdrɪt] adj (person) → smodato/a, sregolato/a; (opinion, reaction, demand) → eccessivo/a


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The mad exuberance, the chromatic immoderations of some of his abstractions enact this criticism through excess; the monochromes, the glass panels, and especially the poor, blurred, hopeless images of a number of his works taken from photographs function as criticism by default.
 
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