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Extreme   /ɛkstrˈim/   Listen
Extreme

adjective
1.
Of the greatest possible degree or extent or intensity.  Synonyms: utmost, uttermost.  "Extreme caution" , "Extreme pleasure" , "Utmost contempt" , "To the utmost degree" , "In the uttermost distress"
2.
Far beyond a norm in quantity or amount or degree; to an utmost degree.  "Extreme temperatures" , "Extreme danger"
3.
Beyond a norm in views or actions.  "An extreme liberal" , "Extreme views on integration" , "Extreme opinions"
4.
Most distant in any direction.
noun
1.
The furthest or highest degree of something.
2.
The point located farthest from the middle of something.  Synonyms: extreme point, extremum.



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"Extreme" Quotes from Famous Books



... for a moment. He seemed to pant for breath. A ray of moonlight striking down upon his face showed it to be deadly white. His attitude bespoke the extreme of ...
— The Lost Treasure of Trevlyn - A Story of the Days of the Gunpowder Plot • Evelyn Everett-Green
... wiping his streaming eyes on the sleeve of his coat, in a state of extreme exhaustion, caught sight of that which lay just beyond him, and he saw that it was a man crawling down ...
— A Maid of the Silver Sea • John Oxenham
... union with the Princes, and had sent a deputy to the Parliament of Paris, who had orders to see neither the King nor the ministers, and that the whole province was disposed for a revolt. The Cardinal was in extreme consternation, and commended himself to the favour of the meanest man of the Fronde ...
— Marguerite de Navarre - Memoirs of Marguerite de Valois Queen of Navarre • Marguerite de Navarre
... indignant lamentations over his abject condition—of impudent laudations of the blameless integrity of his career—of grovelling and ineffectual efforts and supplications to appease and eradicate the hatred of Philip—and of vociferous cries for relief from penury and famine. "I am in extreme want, having exhausted the assistance of all my friends, and no longer knowing where to find my daily bread," is the terrible confession of the once favourite minister of the most powerful monarch in Europe. He never touched the ground, or even ...
— Blackwoods Edinburgh Magazine, Volume 59, No. 366, April, 1846 • Various
... The country suffers, yes, but it still hopes and trusts and will only rebel when it has lost its patience, that is, when those who govern it wish it to do so, and that time is yet distant. I myself will not follow you, never will I resort to such extreme measures while ...
— The Social Cancer - A Complete English Version of Noli Me Tangere • Jose Rizal


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