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
- 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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