exorbitant

adjective
UK: /ɪɡˈzɔː.bɪ.tənt/
US: /ɪɡˈzɔːr.bɪ.tənt/

  1. Much too high; greater than is reasonable.

    1. The price of the hotel room was exorbitant for one night.
    2. I think $50 for a simple sandwich is an exorbitant amount to charge customers.

Synonyms

excessive outrageous extravagant unreasonable prohibitive steep

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The phonetic transcription of "exorbitant" is /ɪɡˈzɔː.bɪ.tənt/ in British English and /ɪɡˈzɔːr.bɪ.tənt/ in American English. Click the 🔊 button to hear both pronunciations.

Synonyms for "exorbitant": excessive, outrageous, extravagant, unreasonable, prohibitive, steep.

Example usage of "exorbitant": "The price of the hotel room was exorbitant for one night.". More examples on the page.