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inordinateness — index exaggeration Burton s Legal Thesaurus. William C. Burton. 2006 … Law dictionary
inordinateness — noun see inordinate … New Collegiate Dictionary
inordinateness — See inordinacy. * * * … Universalium
inordinateness — in·or·di·nate·ness … English syllables
inordinateness — noun immoderation as a consequence of going beyond sufficient or permitted limits • Syn: ↑excess, ↑excessiveness • Derivationally related forms: ↑inordinate, ↑excessive (for: ↑excessiveness) … Useful english dictionary
excessiveness — noun immoderation as a consequence of going beyond sufficient or permitted limits • Syn: ↑excess, ↑inordinateness • Derivationally related forms: ↑inordinate (for: ↑inordinateness), ↑excessive … Useful english dictionary
inordinate — adjective Etymology: Middle English inordinat, from Latin inordinatus, from in + ordinatus, past participle of ordinare to arrange more at ordain Date: 14th century 1. archaic disorderly, unregulated 2. exceeding reasonable limits ; immoderate… … New Collegiate Dictionary
inordinate — inordinately, adv. inordinateness, n. /in awr dn it/, adj. 1. not within proper or reasonable limits; immoderate; excessive: He drank an inordinate amount of wine. 2. unrestrained in conduct, feelings, etc.: an inordinate admirer of beauty. 3.… … Universalium
exaggeration — I noun addition, aggrandizement, augmentation, boast, brag, caricature, disproportion, distortion, embellishment, embroidery, enlargement, excess, excessiveness, exorbitance, exorbitancy, expansion, extravagance, extravagant statement, extremes,… … Law dictionary
abandon — Synonyms and related words: abandonment, abjection, abjure, abort, abscond, acknowledge defeat, ardency, ardor, back out, beat a retreat, beg a truce, beg off, belay, boundlessness, bow out, break the habit, brush aside, brush off, cancel,… … Moby Thesaurus
