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.
[1913 Webster]
2. Partaking of usury; containing or involving usury; as, a
usurious contract.
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The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48
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]
WordNet (r) 2.0
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
Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0
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