usurious

from WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006)

usurious
    adj 1: greatly exceeding bounds of reason or moderation;
           "exorbitant rent"; "extortionate prices"; "spends an
           outrageous amount on entertainment"; "usurious interest
           rate"; "unconscionable spending" [syn: {exorbitant},
           {extortionate}, {outrageous}, {steep}, {unconscionable},
           {usurious}]

from The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48

Usurious \U*su"ri*ous\ (?; 277), a. [From {Usury}.]
   [1913 Webster]
   1. Practicing usury; taking illegal or exorbitant interest
      for the use of money; as, a usurious person.
      [1913 Webster]

   2. Partaking of usury; containing or involving usury; as, a
      usurious contract.
      [1913 Webster] -- {U*su"ri*ous*ly}, adv. --
      {U*su"ri*ous*ness}, n.
      [1913 Webster]

from Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0

24 Moby Thesaurus words for "usurious":
      cutthroat, exacting, excessive, exorbitant, extortionate,
      extravagant, fancy, gouging, grossly overpriced, immoderate,
      inflationary, inordinate, out of bounds, out of sight, outrageous,
      overpriced, preposterous, prohibitive, skyrocketing, spiraling,
      unconscionable, undue, unreasonable, unwarranted

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