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usurious

adjective

/juːˈʒʊəriəs/

Meaning

Charging excessively high interest rates on loans.

The bank was accused of offering loans at usurious rates.

extortionate, exorbitant, predatory, exploitative

fair, reasonable

usurious interest, usurious loan, usurious practices

Able to be relied on as honest or truthful.

Relating to a small, undeveloped remnant of something that was once much larger or more functional.

Relating to physical, especially sexual, desires and appetites.

Containing poison; capable of causing illness or death.

so absurd or ridiculous that it deserves to be laughed at

open to discussion or doubt; not certain