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absonant
adjective as in exorbitant
adjective as in raucous
adjective as in unreasonable
Strongest matches
adjective as in unreasoned
Weak matches
- arbitrary
- costing an arm and a leg
- dear
- excessive
- exorbitant
- extortionate
- extreme
- far-out
- illegitimate
- illogical
- immoderate
- improper
- inordinate
- intemperate
- irrational
- out of bounds
- overkill
- overmuch
- peremptory
- posh
- pricey
- senseless
- steep
- stiff
- too great
- too much
- too-too
- uncalled-for
- unconscionable
- undue
- unfair
- unjust
- unjustifiable
- unlawful
- unrightful
- unwarrantable
- unwarranted
- up to here
- way-out
- wrongful
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The Poetry prize was awarded to Dionne Brand for “Nomenclature: New and Collected Poems” a collection which displays “Brand’s ongoing body of thought—trenchant, lyrical, absonant, discordant, and meaning-making,” according to the judges’ citation.
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Adj. discordant; dissonant, absonant†; out of tune, tuneless; unmusical, untunable†; unmelodious, immelodious†; unharmonious†, inharmonious; singsong; cacophonous; harsh &c.
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From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.
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