immoderation
101abandon — I v 1. forsake, desert, leave behind, throw over, jilt, run out on, Inf. leave flat, turn one s back on, Sl. give the deep six; ignore, cut off, neglect, ostracize; leave, depart, quit, go away from, vacate, evacuate. 2. discard, cast off,… …
102debauchery — n profligacy, dissoluteness, licentiousness, rakishness, libertinism, dissipation; whoring, wenching, womanizing, Sl. leching; intemperance, self gratification, self indulgence, overindulgence, unrestraint, incontinence, immoderation; revelry,… …
103epicureanism — n 1. epicurism, sybaritism, hedonism, luxuriousness, voluptuousness, sensuality, sensu ousness; gourmanderie, gastronomy. 2. intemperance, self gratification, self indulgence, overindulgence, unrestraint, incontinence, immoderation; revelry,… …
104excess — n 1. overabundance, superabundance, overplus, nimiety, surplus, surplusage, superflux; profusion, surfeit, glut, plethora, overflow, overload, more than enough, enough and to spare, enough and then some; superfluity, redundancy, supererogation,… …
105extreme — adj 1. exceptional, extraordinary, out of the ordinary, notable, outstanding, remarkable, Sl. hell of a; unusual, abnormal, unconventional, different, offbeat, exotic, foreign, strange, odd, bizarre, weird, eccentric, Inf. way out. Sl. far out;… …
106extremity — n 1. limit, outer limit, farthest point, horizon, the end of the earth; ambit, bound, boundary, border, frontier; periphery, margin, edge, rim, brim, brow, lip, ridge, verge, brink; ultimate, end, finale, termination, terminal, terminus. 2. limb …
107hedonism — n 1. epicureanism, epicurism, sybaritism; Benthamism, utilitarianism, eudemonics, Ethics. eudemonism. 2. pleasure seeking, pursuit of pleasure, la dolce vita; wild or riotous or free living, Inf. high living, Sl. partying, Sl. swinging;… …
108indulgence — n 1. self gratification, dissipation, intemperance, intemperateness, immoderation, im moderateness; prodigality, extravagance, profligateness, unrestraint, excess; voluptuousness, sensuality, sybaritism, epicureanism; dissoluteness,… …
109intemperance — n 1. alcoholism, dipsomania, drunkenness, intoxication, inebriety, oenomania, crapulence; saturnalia, bacchanals, carousal, orgy, debauch, spree, Inf. bender, Sl. tear, Sl. binge. 2. self gratification, self indulgence, unrestraint;… …
110intensity — n 1. high degree, excess, extremity, immoderation, inordinateness, extravagance, magnitude. 2. strength, power, potency, Literary. puissance; vigor, force, energy, determination, vehemence; emotion, animation, Inf. ginger, pep; excitement,… …
