Meaning: Greatly exceeding bounds of reason or moderation. Synonyms: exorbitant; extortionate; usurious; outrageous; steep; unconscionable. Context examples: exorbitant rent / extortionate prices / spends an outrageous amount on entertainment / usurious interest rate / unconscionable spending. Similar: immoderate (not within reasonable limits)
inveterate. adj. 1. long established, esp so as to be deep-rooted or ingrained: an inveterate feeling of hostility. 2. (prenominal) settled or confirmed in a habit or practice, esp a bad one; hardened: an inveterate smoker.nâ¢vetâ¢erâ¢ate. 1. confirmed in a habit, feeling, or the like: an inveterate gambler. 2. firmly established by long continuance, as a disease; chronic.
1 According to the media, people nationwide have developed an offbeat mentality characterized by inveterate hostility to the rich. 2  Every administration, that is, until this one, which from its first days has made clear its inveterate hostility to arms control. Every administration, that is, until this one, which from its first days has made clear its inveterate hostility to arms control. 2  The three have a lot in common with each other in their inveterate hatred of that ethnic group.