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- [1] : The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48
usurious \usu"rious\ ?; 277, a. from usury.
1913 webster
1. practicing usury; taking illegal or exorbitant interest
for the use of money; as, a usurious person.
1913 webster
2. partaking of usury; containing or involving usury; as, a
usurious contract.
1913 webster -- usu"riously, adv. --
usu"riousness, n.
1913 webster
see also:
usury usu"riously usu"riousness
- [2] : WordNet (r) 2.0
usurious
adj : greatly exceeding bounds of reason or moderation;
"exorbitant rent"; "extortionate prices"; "spends an
outrageous amount on entertainment"; "usorious interest
rate"; "unconscionable spending" syn: exorbitant, extortionate,
outrageous, steep, unconscionable
see also:
exorbitant extortionate outrageous steep unconscionable
- [3] : Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0
24 moby thesaurus words for "usurious":
cutthroat, exacting, excessive, exorbitant, extortionate,
extravagant, fancy, gouging, grossly overpriced, immoderate,
inflationary, inordinate, out of bounds, out of sight, outrageous,
overpriced, preposterous, prohibitive, skyrocketing, spiraling,
unconscionable, undue, unreasonable, unwarranted
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