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HOME | Definition of usurious (USURIOUS, Usurious)


    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.
    [1913 Webster] --

    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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