extortionate

extortionate
Synonyms and related words:
all-devouring, all-engulfing, arousing, bloodsucking, clamant, clamorous, crying, cutthroat, demanding, draining, educible, eductive, elicitory, eradicative, evocative, exacting, exactive, excessive, exigent, exorbitant, extortionary, extortive, extractive, extravagant, fancy, gouging, grabby, grasping, grossly overpriced, immoderate, importunate, inflationary, inordinate, insistent, instant, loud, lupine, out of bounds, out of sight, outrageous, overpriced, parasitic, persistent, pertinacious, predacious, predatory, preposterous, pressing, prohibitive, rapacious, raptorial, ravening, ravenous, sharkish, skyrocketing, spiraling, taxing, unconscionable, undue, unreasonable, unwarranted, uprooting, urgent, usurious, vulturine, vulturous, wolfish

Moby Thesaurus. . 1996.

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  • extortionate — UK US /ɪkˈstɔːʃənət/ adjective DISAPPROVING ► more expensive than is reasonable: extortionate fee/price/rate, etc. »Most retailers charge extortionate prices for extended warranties often more than three times as much as an independent provider.… …   Financial and business terms

  • extortionate — index exorbitant, inordinate, prohibitive (costly), usurious, venal Burton s Legal Thesaurus. William C. Burton. 2006 …   Law dictionary

  • extortionate — [eks tôr′shəner΄ē, ik stôr′shəner΄ēeks tôr′shə nit] adj. 1. characterized by, or having the nature of, extortion: also extortionary [eks tôr′shəner΄ē, ik stôr′shəner΄ē] 2. excessive; exorbitant [an extortionate price] …   English World dictionary

  • Extortionate — Ex*tor tion*ate, a. Characterized by extortion; oppressive; hard. [1913 Webster] …   The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

  • extortionate — (adj.) 1789, from EXTORTION (Cf. extortion) + ATE (Cf. ate) …   Etymology dictionary

  • extortionate — ► ADJECTIVE 1) (of a price) much too high. 2) using or given to extortion. DERIVATIVES extortionately adverb …   English terms dictionary

  • extortionate — extortionately, adv. /ik stawr sheuh nit/, adj. 1. grossly excessive; exorbitant: extortionate prices. 2. characterized by extortion, as persons: extortionate moneylenders. [1780 90; EXTORTION + ATE1] * * * …   Universalium

  • extortionate — ex|tor|tion|ate [ıkˈsto:ʃənıt US o:r ] adj an extortionate price, demand etc is unreasonably high = ↑exorbitant ▪ Many local taxi drivers charge extortionate rates. >extortionately adv …   Dictionary of contemporary English

  • extortionate — ex|tor|tion|ate [ ık stɔrʃnət ] adjective if a price or request for money is extortionate it is much higher than is reasonable: extortionate rents ╾ ex|tor|tion|ate|ly adverb: extortionately priced cosmetics …   Usage of the words and phrases in modern English

  • extortionate — adjective an extortionate price, demand, etc is extremely high: Most drivers under 25 can only get insurance at extortionate rates. extortionately adverb …   Longman dictionary of contemporary English

  • extortionate — UK [ɪkˈstɔː(r)ʃ(ə)nət] / US [ɪkˈstɔrʃ(ə)nət] adjective if a price or request for money is extortionate it is much higher than is reasonable extortionate rents Derived word: extortionately adverb extortionately priced cosmetics …   English dictionary

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