Definition of inordinate

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Inordinate (a.) Not limited to rules prescribed, or to usual bounds; irregular; excessive; immoderate; as, an inordinate love of the world..

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Passion :: Passion (n.) The state of the mind when it is powerfully acted upon and influenced by something external to itself; the state of any particular faculty which, under such conditions, becomes extremely sensitive or uncontrollably excited; any emotion or sentiment (specifically, love or anger) in a state of abnormal or controlling activity; an extreme or inordinate desire; also, the capacity or susceptibility of being so affected; as, to be in a passion; the passions of love, hate, jealously, wrath
Ambitious :: Ambitious (a.) Possessing, or controlled by, ambition; greatly or inordinately desirous of power, honor, office, superiority, or distinction..
Fume :: Fume (n.) The incense of praise; inordinate flattery.
Avarice :: Avarice (n.) An excessive or inordinate desire of gain; greediness after wealth; covetousness; cupidity.
Enormous :: Enormous (a.) Exceeding the usual rule, norm, or measure; out of due proportion; inordinate; abnormal..
Envier :: Envier (n.) One who envies; one who desires inordinately what another possesses.
Disordinate :: Disordinate (a.) Inordinate; disorderly.
Intemperate :: Intemperate (a.) Excessive; ungovernable; inordinate; violent; immoderate; as, intemperate language, zeal, etc.; intemperate weather..
Pamper :: Pamper (v. t.) To gratify inordinately; to indulge to excess; as, to pamper pride; to pamper the imagination..
Exorbitant :: Exorbitant (a.) Departing from an orbit or usual track; hence, deviating from the usual or due course; going beyond the appointed rules or established limits of right or propriety; excessive; extravagant; enormous; inordinate; as, exorbitant appetites and passions; exorbitant charges, demands, or claims..
Glutton :: Glutton (n.) A carnivorous mammal (Gulo luscus), of the family Mustelidae, about the size of a large badger. It was formerly believed to be inordinately voracious, whence the name; the wolverene. It is a native of the northern parts of America, Europe, and Asia..
Pride :: Pride (n.) The quality or state of being proud; inordinate self-esteem; an unreasonable conceit of one's own superiority in talents, beauty, wealth, rank, etc., which manifests itself in lofty airs, distance, reserve, and often in contempt of others..
Covet :: Covet (v. i.) To have or indulge inordinate desire.
Blennorrhea :: Blennorrhea (n.) An inordinate secretion and discharge of mucus.
Disordinately :: Disordinately (adv.) Inordinately.
Cupidity :: Cupidity (n.) Eager or inordinate desire, especially for wealth; greed of gain; avarice; covetousness.
Undue :: Undue (a.) Not agreeable to a rule or standard, or to duty; disproportioned; excessive; immoderate; inordinate; as, an undue attachment to forms; an undue rigor in the execution of law..
Sobriety :: Sobriety (n.) Habitual freedom from enthusiasm, inordinate passion, or overheated imagination; calmness; coolness; gravity; seriousness; as, the sobriety of riper years..
Covet :: Covet (v. t.) To long for inordinately or unlawfully; to hanker after (something forbidden).
Fume :: Fume (v. t.) To praise inordinately; to flatter.
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