Usurious

3 definitions found

From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  Usurious \U*su"ri*ous\ (?; 277), a. [From {Usury}.]
     [1913 Webster]
     1. Practicing usury; taking illegal or exorbitant interest
        for the use of money; as, a usurious person.
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     2. Partaking of usury; containing or involving usury; as, a
        usurious contract.
        [1913 Webster] -- {U*su"ri*ous*ly}, adv. --
        {U*su"ri*ous*ness}, n.
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From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:

  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}]

From Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0 [moby-thes]:

  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