Antonyms for immoderate

Grammar : Adj

Spell : ih-mod-er-it

Phonetic Transcription : ɪˈmɒd ər ɪt

Definition of immoderate

Origin : late 14c., from Latin immoderatus "boundless, immeasurable," figuratively "unrestrained, excessive," from assimilated form of in- "not, opposite of" (see in- (1)) + moderatus "restrained" (see moderate). Related: Immoderately.

adj excessive, extreme

Example sentences :

That immoderate love of liberty had indeed been as fate to him.
Extract from : « Erasmus and the Age of Reformation » by Johan Huizinga

By menorrhagia we understand an immoderate flow of the menses.
Extract from : « The Ladies Book of Useful Information » by Anonymous

If not altogether freed from all, at least from immoderate desires?
Extract from : « Bunyan Characters - Third Series » by Alexander Whyte

But yourself; for your own sake do not thus yield to immoderate grief.
Extract from : « Hubert's Wife » by Minnie Mary Lee

Not for worlds would he have harboured an exaggerated or immoderate idea.
Extract from : « The Daughters of Danaus » by Mona Caird

He was reproached with indulging his taste for the fine arts at an immoderate expense.
Extract from : « Letters of Pliny » by Pliny

One of these is that we have an immoderate love of business.
Extract from : « The Jewish State » by Theodor Herzl

For they fly into an immoderate passion on account of a small fault.
Extract from : « The Kath Sarit Sgara » by Somadeva Bhatta

Owing to some immoderate act (b itidl), he could not stay with me, so went off.
Extract from : « The Bbur-nma in English » by Babur, Emperor of Hindustan

Yet he could not be restrained from a display of his immoderate zeal.
Extract from : « The History of Rome, Books 37 to the End » by Titus Livius

Synonyms for immoderate

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