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| Main Entry: | extreme |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | ultimate; limit |
| Synonyms: | acme, apex, apogee, bitter end, boundary, ceiling, climax, consummation, crest, crown, culmination, depth, edge, end, excess, extremity, height, maximum, nadir, peak, pinnacle, pole, termination, top, utmost, uttermost, zenith, inordinancy, nth degree |
| Main Entry: | extreme |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | very great |
| Synonyms: | acute, consummate, high, highest, intense, maximum, severe, sovereign, supreme, top, ultimate, utmost, uttermost, maximal |
| Antonyms: | limited, mild, moderate |
| Main Entry: | extreme |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | beyond reason and convention |
| Synonyms: | absolute, desperate, dire, downright, drastic, egregious, exaggerated, exceptional, excessive, extraordinary, extravagant, fabulous, fanatical, flagrant, gross, harsh, immoderate, improper, imprudent, inordinate, intemperate, irrational, nonsensical, out-and-out*, outrageous, preposterous, rabid, radical, remarkable, rigid, severe, sheer, stern, strict, thorough, unbending, uncommon, uncompromising, unconventional, unreasonable, unseemly, unusual, utter, zealous, out of proportion, overkill |
| Antonyms: | mild, moderate |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | extreme |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | faraway |
| Synonyms: | farthest, final, last, outermost, terminal, ultimate, utmost, uttermost, far-off, furthermost, most distant, outmost, remotest |
| Antonyms: | close, near |
| Main Entry: | advanced |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | ahead in position, time, manner |
| Synonyms: | avant-garde, breakthrough, excellent, exceptional, extreme, first, foremost, forward, higher, late, leading, liberal, precocious, progressive, radical, state-of-the-art*, unconventional, cutting-edge, leading-edge |
| Antonyms: | after, behind |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | agonizing |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | difficult and painful, suffering |
| Synonyms: | disturbing, excruciating, extreme, fierce, harrowing, intense, tortuous, vehement, violent, racking, struggling, tearing, tormenting, torturing |
| Main Entry: | draconian |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | harsh |
| Synonyms: | brutal, cruel, drastic, exorbitant, extreme, heavy-handed, oppressive, rough, severe, strict, very severe |
| Main Entry: | egregious |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | outstandingly bad; outrageous |
| Synonyms: | arrant, atrocious, capital, deplorable, extreme, flagrant, glaring, grievous, gross*, heinous, infamous, insufferable, intolerable, monstrous, nefarious, notorious, outright, preposterous, rank, scandalous, shocking, stark |
| Notes: | egregious means conspicuously and outrageously bad or reprehensible; exceptional means well above average or surpassing what is common or usual or expected |
| Antonyms: | little, minor, secondary, slight |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | excessive |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | too much; overdone |
| Synonyms: | boundless, disproportionate, dissipated, enormous, exaggerated, exorbitant, extra, extravagant, extreme, immoderate, indulgent, inordinate, intemperate, limitless, more, needless, over, prodigal, profligate, redundant, self-indulgent, steep, stiff, super, superfluous, supernatural, towering, unconscionable, undue, unreasonable, way out, dizzying, overboard, overkill, overmuch, plethoric, recrementitious, sky-high, stratospheric, superabundant, too many, unbounded, unmeasurable |
| Antonyms: | insufficient, moderate, reasonable, underdone |
| Main Entry: | excruciating |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | torturous, painful |
| Synonyms: | acute, agonizing, burning, consuming, exquisite, extreme, grueling, harrowing, insufferable, intense, piercing, punishing, severe, sharp, shooting, unbearable, violent, chastening, racking, rending, searing, stabbing, tearing, tormenting, torturesome, torturing, unendurable |
| Antonyms: | bearable, endurable, helpful, pleasant, pleasing, soothing |
| Main Entry: | exorbitant |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | extravagant, excessive |
| Synonyms: | absonant, dear, enormous, exacting, expensive, extortionate, extreme, high, highway robbery, immoderate, inordinate, out of sight, outrageous, over one's head, overboard, overmuch, preposterous, pricey, steep*, stiff*, towering, unconscionable, undue, unreasonable, unwarranted, up to here, wasteful |
| Antonyms: | cheap, inexpensive, low, moderate, reasonable, sensible |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | extravagant |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | indulgent, wasteful |
| Synonyms: | absurd, bizarre, costly, crazy, exaggerated, excessive, exorbitant, expensive, extortionate, extreme, fanciful, fancy, fantastic, flamboyant, flashy, foolish, garish, gaudy, grandiose, immoderate, implausible, improvident, imprudent, inordinate, lavish, ludicrous, nonsensical, ornate, ostentatious, outrageous, preposterous, pretentious, prodigal, profligate, reckless, ridiculous, showy, silly, spendthrift, steep, unbalanced, unconscionable, unreasonable, unrestrained, overpriced |
| Antonyms: | close, economical, moderate, provident, reasonable, saving, stingy, thrifty, unpretentious |
| Main Entry: | fanatical |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | overenthusiastic |
| Synonyms: | biased, bigoted, burning*, contumacious, credulous, devoted, dogmatic, domineering, enthusiastic, erratic, extreme, fervent, feverish, fiery, frenzied, headstrong, immoderate, impassioned, impulsive, incorrigible, infatuated, mad, narrow-minded, obsessed, obstinate, opinionated, partial, partisan, passionate, possessed, prejudiced, rabid, radical, raving, single-minded, stubborn, unruly, violent, visionary, wild, willful, zealous, bugged, high on, monomaniacal, nuts for, obsessive, turned on |
| Antonyms: | disinterested, dispassionate, impartial, unenthusiastic |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | farthest |
| Part of Speech: | adverb |
| Definition: | most distant |
| Synonyms: | extreme, furthest, last, outermost, ultimate, utmost, uttermost, farthermost, furthermost, lattermost, outmost, remotest |
| Antonyms: | closest, nearest |
| Main Entry: | furthest |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | most distant |
| Synonyms: | extreme, farthest, outermost, ultimate, uttermost, most remote, outmost, remotest |
| Antonyms: | closest, nearest |
| Main Entry: | grotesque |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | ugly, misshapen |
| Synonyms: | aberrant, abnormal, absurd, antic, bizarre, deformed, distorted, eerie, extravagant, extreme, fanciful, fantastic, flamboyant, freakish, gross*, incongruous, ludicrous, malformed, monstrous, odd, outlandish, perverted, preposterous, queer, ridiculous, strange, uncanny, unnatural, weird, whimsical, grody, surrealistic |
| Antonyms: | beautiful, nice, pretty, shapely |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | hard-core |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | dedicated |
| Synonyms: | determined, devoted, die-hard*, dyed-in-the-wool*, explicit, extreme, faithful, intransigent, obstinate, resolute, rigid, staunch, steadfast, stubborn, uncompromising, unyielding, unwaivering |
| Antonyms: | indulgent, mild, moderate, tolerant, soft-core, undedicated |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | inordinate |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | excessive, extravagant |
| Synonyms: | disproportionate, exorbitant, extortionate, extreme, gratuitous, immoderate, intemperate, irrational, outrageous, preposterous, superfluous, surplus, too much, towering, uncalled-for, unconscionable, undue, unreasonable, unrestrained, unwarranted, wanton, wasteful, dizzying, overindulgent, overmuch, supererogatory, uncurbed, unmeasurable, untempered |
| Antonyms: | moderate, reasonable, warranted, ok enough |
| Main Entry: | intense |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | forceful, severe; passionate |
| Synonyms: | acute, agonizing, ardent, biting, bitter, burning, close, concentrated, consuming, cutting, deep, diligent, eager, earnest, energetic, exaggerated, exceptional, excessive, exquisite, extraordinary, extreme, fanatical, fervent, fervid, fierce, forcible, full, great, hard, harsh, impassioned, intensive, keen, marked, piercing, powerful, profound, pungent, sharp, shrill, stinging, strained, strong, supreme, undue, vehement, violent, vivid, zealous, all-consuming, heightened, intensified, protracted |
| Antonyms: | calm, dull, low-key, mild, moderate |
| Main Entry: | intensity |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | passion, force |
| Synonyms: | acuteness, anxiety, ardor, concentration, depth, earnestness, emotion, emphasis, energy, excess, excitement, extreme, extremity, fanaticism, ferment, ferocity, fervor, fire, force, fury, keenness, magnitude, might, nervousness, potency, power, severity, strain, strength, tension, vehemence, vigor, violence, volume, deepness, ferociousness, fervency, fierceness, forcefulness, high pitch, intenseness, sharpness, tenseness, weightiness, wildness |
| Antonyms: | apathy, dullness, laziness, lethargy, moderation, inactivity |
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