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1 immodéré
immodéré, e [imɔdeʀe]adjective* * *immodérée imɔdeʀe adjectif [besoin, goût, amour, dépenses] excessive; [propos, attitude] immoderate* * *imɔdeʀe adj immodéré, -e* * *immodéré, immodérée adj [besoin, goût, amour, dépenses] excessive; [propos, attitude] immoderate; faire un usage immodéré de l'alcool to abuse alcohol. -
2 excès de langage
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3 démesuré
démesure [dem(ə)zyʀ]feminine noun[de personnage, propos, exigences] outrageousness* * *deməzyʀ1) (d'ambition, de prétentions) excesses (pl)2) ( taille exagérée) excessive size* * *dem(ə)zyʀ nf* * *démesure nf1 (d'ambition, de prétentions) excesses (pl); avoir horreur de la démesure to have a horror of excess;2 ( taille exagérée) excessive size. -
4 excès
excès [εksε]1. masculine nouna. ( = surplus) excess ; [de marchandises, produits] surplusb. ( = abus) excess2. compounds• coupable de plusieurs excès de vitesse guilty of having broken the speed limit on several occasions* * *eksɛnom masculin invariable1) ( surplus) excess2) ( abus) excess3) ( extrême)tomber dans l'excès/dans l'excès inverse — to go too far/to the opposite extreme
•Phrasal Verbs:* * *ɛksɛ1. nm[poids, stocks] surplus, excessà l'excès [méticuleux, généreux] — to excess, to a fault
2. nmplOn fait souvent des excès à la période de Noël. — People often overindulge at Christmas.
* * *excès nm inv1 ( surplus) excess; ôtez l'excès de colle remove the excess glue; l'excès de la demande sur l'offre excess of demand over supply; excès de cholestérol excess of cholesterol; en excès [objets, substance] excess ( épith);2 ( abus) excess; commettre des excès to go too far; tes excès de boisson your excessive drinking; excès de table overeating; faire des excès de boisson/de table to drink/eat excessively, to overindulge in drink/food; des excès de langage bad language ¢; à l'excès, avec excès to excess, excessively;3 ( extrême) tomber dans l'excès to go too far; tomber dans l'excès inverse to go to the opposite extreme; excès de confiance/d'optimisme/de zèle overconfidence/overoptimism/overzealousness; excès de prudence excessive caution.excès de pouvoir Jur ultra vires action; commettre un excès de pouvoir to act ultra vires; excès de vitesse Jur speeding; faire un excès de vitesse to break the speed limit; on lui a retiré son permis après plusieurs excès de vitesse he lost his licenceGB after being caught several times for speeding.[ɛksɛ] nom masculinexcès de poids/calories excess weight/caloriesexcès de prudence/rigueur/sévérité excessive care/rigour/harshness2. TRANSPORTSfaire un excès de vitesse to exceed ou to break the speed limit3. [abus]se livrer à ou commettre des excès de langage to use strong language4. [manque de mesure]————————[ɛksɛ] nom masculin pluriel[violences] excesses[débauche] excesses————————à l'excès locution adverbialeavec excès locution adverbialesans excès locution adverbiale -
5 intempérance
ɛ̃tɑ̃peʀɑ̃s nf1) (= excès) overindulgence no pl2) (morale) intemperance no pl* * *intempérance nf intemperance.[ɛ̃tɑ̃perɑ̃s] nom fémininses intempérances de langage his immoderate ou excessive ou unrestrained language -
6 outrance
outrance [utʀɑ̃s]feminine noun( = excès) excess* * *utʀɑ̃s1) ( excès) excess2) ( caractère excessif) excessiveness* * *utʀɑ̃s nfexcessiveness no pl excessà outrance — excessively, to excess
* * *outrance nf1 ( excès) excess; les outrances d'une comédie/d'un adolescent the excesses of a comedy/of a teenager; commettre une outrance de langage to use extreme language ¢;2 ( caractère excessif) excessiveness; l'outrance de tes propos/ton langage the extreme nature of your remarks/your language; pousser la conscience professionnelle jusqu'à l'outrance to take one's conscientiousness to extremes; polémiquer/manger à outrance to argue/eat excessively; le sport/la lecture à outrance excessive sport/reading; investir/licencier à outrance to make too many investments/redundancies.[utrɑ̃s] nom fémininl'outrance de sa remarque lui ôte toute crédibilité her remark is so outrageous that it loses all credibility2. [acte] extravagance[parole] extravagant ou immoderate language————————à outrance locution adjectivale————————à outrance locution adverbiale -
7 retenu
ʀət(ə)ny retenu, -e1. ppSee:2. adj1) (place) reservedCette place est retenue. — This seat is reserved.
2) (personne) delayedJ'ai été retenu par un coup de téléphone. — I was delayed by a phone call.
3) (propos) (= contenu, discret) restrained3. nf1) (= prélèvement) deduction2) MATHÉMATIQUE number to carry over3) ÉDUCATION detention4) (= modération) restraint5) (= réserve) reserve, reticence6) (retenue d'eau) reservoir* * *B retenue nf1 ( modération) restraint; faire preuve/manquer de retenue to show/to lack restraint; critiquer avec retenue to be restrained in one's criticism(s); perdre toute retenue to lose one's inhibitions; n'avoir aucune retenue dans son langage to use very immoderate language; n'avoir aucune retenue dans sa conduite to behave wildly; boire/manger sans retenue to drink/to eat to excess; rire sans retenue to laugh uproariously;2 ( prélèvement) deduction (sur from); opérer or faire une retenue de 10% sur le salaire de qn to make a deduction of 10% ou to deduct 10% from sb's salary; la retenue pour la retraite/au titre des cotisations sociales ≈ pension/national insurance contributions;3 Scol detention; être en retenue to be in detention; j'ai eu deux heures de retenue I got two hours' detention;4 Math tu as oublié la retenue des dizaines you forgot to carry over from the tens column;5 Transp ( ralentissement) tailback;retenue de garantie Comm retention money; retenue à la source Fisc deduction of tax at source GB, withholding tax US; système de retenue à la source pay as you earn system, PAYE system GB, withholding system US.( féminin retenue) [rətəny] participe passé→ link=retenir retenir————————( féminin retenue) [rətəny] adjectif[discret] subduedretenue nom féminin1. [déduction] deductionopérer une retenue de 9 % sur les salaires to deduct ou to stop 9% from salariesun peu de retenue! show some restraint!, keep a hold of yourself!mettre quelqu'un en retenue to keep somebody in after school, to put somebody in detention5. CONSTRUCTION [d'une poutre] pinning -
8 retenue
retenue [ʀət(ə)ny]feminine nouna. ( = prélèvement) deduction• opérer une retenue de 10% sur un salaire to deduct 10% from a salary• système de retenue à la source system of deducting income tax at source ≈ pay-as-you-earn system (Brit)b. ( = modération) self-restraint ; ( = réserve) reserve• parler/s'exprimer sans retenue to talk/express o.s. quite openly* * *ʀət(ə)ny1) ( modération) restraintsans retenue — [boire] to excess; [rire] uproariously
2) ( prélèvement) deduction ( sur from)faire une retenue de 10% sur le salaire de quelqu'un — to deduct 10% from somebody's salary
3) École detention4) Mathématique5) ( masse d'eau) reservoir -
9 caresser
v. trans. Caresser la bouteille (also: le goulot): To be fond of one's tipple, to have an immoderate taste for alcohol. -
10 ver
n. m.1. Nu comme un ver: 'Starkers', 'in one's birthday suit', stark naked.2. Tuer le ver: To take a 'rouser', to take an early-morning drink for the purpose of killing a hang-over. (Popular myth has it that alcohol consumed on an empty stomach first thing in the morning will destroy any worms in the intestines.)3. Avoir le ver solitaire: To be a 'guzzler', to be forever 'stuffing one's face', to have an immoderate appetite for food. (The tapeworm is a bogey parasite to French hypochondriacs.)4. Ça n'est pas piqué des vers! It's smashing! — It's fantastic! (The parasite in question here is the woodworm, and anything free of that pest is therefore in prime condition.)5. Tirer les vers du nez à quelqu'un: To 'pump' someone for info (litcrally to 'worm' information out of someone).
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Immoderate — Im*mod er*ate, a. [L. immoderatus; pref. im not + moderatus moderate. See {Moderate}.] Not moderate; exceeding just or usual and suitable bounds; excessive; extravagant; unreasonable; as, immoderate demands; immoderate grief; immoderate laughter … The Collaborative International Dictionary of English
immoderate — index disorderly, dissolute, drastic, egregious, excess, excessive, exorbitant, extreme (exaggerated) … Law dictionary
immoderate — (adj.) late 14c., from L. immoderatus boundless, immeasurable, figuratively unrestrained, excessive, from assimilated form of in not, opposite of (see IN (Cf. in ) (1)) + moderatus restrained (see MODERATE (Cf. moderate)). Related: Immoderately … Etymology dictionary
immoderate — inordinate, *excessive, exorbitant, extreme, extravagant Analogous words: *profuse, lavish, prodigal, exuberant: teeming, overflowing (see TEEM) Antonyms: moderate Contrasted words: temperate (see MODERATE adj): restrained, curbed, checked,… … New Dictionary of Synonyms
immoderate — [adj] excessive, extreme dizzying, egregious, enormous, exaggerated, exorbitant, extravagant, inordinate, intemperate, overindulgent, profligate, steep, too much*, too too*, towering, unbalanced, unbridled, uncalled for*, unconscionable,… … New thesaurus
immoderate — ► ADJECTIVE ▪ lacking moderation; excessive. DERIVATIVES immoderately adverb immoderation noun … English terms dictionary
immoderate — [i mäd′ər it] adj. [ME < L immoderatus] 1. not moderate; without restraint; unreasonable; excessive 2. Obs. boundless SYN. EXCESSIVE immoderately adv. immoderation n. immoderateness immoderacy [im mäd′ərə sē, i mäd′ərə sē] … English World dictionary
immoderate — adjective Etymology: Middle English immoderat, from Latin immoderatus, from in + moderatus, past participle of moderare to moderate Date: 14th century exceeding just, usual, or suitable bounds < immoderate pride > < an immoderate appetite >… … New Collegiate Dictionary
immoderate — [[t]ɪmɒ̱dərət[/t]] ADJ GRADED: usu ADJ n (disapproval) If you describe something as immoderate, you disapprove of it because it is too extreme. [FORMAL] He launched an immoderate tirade on Turner. Syn: excessive … English dictionary
immoderate — adjective formal not within reasonable and sensible limits; excessive: immoderate wage demands | immoderate drinking immoderately adverb … Longman dictionary of contemporary English
immoderate — im|mod|e|rate [ıˈmɔdərıt US ıˈma: ] adj formal not within reasonable and sensible limits = ↑excessive ▪ immoderate drinking >immoderately adv … Dictionary of contemporary English