extravagant

/ɪkˈstɹævəɡənt/

adj 4

Collocations

(adj.)

VERBS

be, feel, seem

Buying a new phone every year seems extravagant when your current one works perfectly fine.

become

ADV

terribly, very, wildly

She spent terribly extravagant amounts of money on her wedding decorations.

a bit, a little, rather, somewhat

PREP

with

She was too extravagant with her monthly salary and couldn't save anything.

Definitions

adj

Exceeding the bounds of something; roving; hence, foreign.

The extravagant and erring spirit hies / To his confine.

Extreme; wild; excessive; unrestrained.

extravagant acts, praise, or abuse

There appears something nobly wild and extravagant in great natural geniuses.

Exorbitant

According to this saga of intellectual-property misanthropy, these creatures [patent trolls] roam the business world, buying up patents and then using them to demand extravagant payouts from companies they accuse of infringing them. Often, their victims pay up rather than face the costs of a legal battle.

Profuse in expenditure; prodigal; wasteful.

an extravagant man

extravagant expense

Thesaurus

Synonyms

adjective — unrestrained, especially with regard to feelings

adjective — recklessly wasteful

Antonyms

Idioms & Phrases

Example Bank

The extravagant and erring spirit hies / To his confine.

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extravagant acts, praise, or abuse

Wiktionary

There appears something nobly wild and extravagant in great natural geniuses.

Wiktionary

This diamond ring is too extravagant for me.

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She considered him extravagant with electricity.

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With her extravagant tastes, she was incapable of making ends meet.

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