exorbitant
adjective
[ ɪɡˈzɔːbɪt(ə)nt ]
• (of a price or amount charged) unreasonably high.
• "some hotels charge exorbitant rates for phone calls"
Similar:
extortionate,
excessively high,
extremely high,
excessive,
sky-high,
prohibitive,
outrageous,
unreasonable,
preposterous,
inordinate,
immoderate,
inflated,
monstrous,
unwarranted,
unconscionable,
huge,
enormous,
disproportionate,
punitive,
ruinous,
expensive,
extravagant,
over the odds,
criminal,
steep,
stiff,
over the top,
OTT,
costing an arm and a leg,
costing a bomb,
costing the earth,
daylight robbery,
a rip-off,
Origin:
late Middle English (originally describing a legal case that is outside the scope of a law): from late Latin exorbitant- ‘going off the track’, from exorbitare, from ex- ‘out from’ + orbita ‘course, track’.
