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adjective ɛkˈstravəɡ(ə)ntɪkˈstravəɡ(ə)ntɪkˈstrævəɡənt 1Lacking restraint in spending money or using resources. it was rather extravagant to buy both Example sentencesExamples - ‘I am always anxious that if my husband is laid off one day, how can we support his extravagant spending behaviour,’ she said.
- Only the common people, who benefited from his extravagant spending, lamented his death.
- Watch out for extravagant and impulsive spending.
- During the late nineties, as the economy boomed, the city went on an especially extravagant spending spree.
- Many programmers have yanked their exhibitions after years of extravagant spending to woo operators.
- Profits were increasing, and newspapers were full of stories about the extravagant spending of the wealthy.
- Examples of extravagant spending included an £88,000 reception desk and £663,000 worth of television facilities.
- This relates to the extravagant spending also; if a public institution wants to be funded through taxpayer money, they must be accountable and transparent with how they spend it.
- The court had heard earlier how the three men were caught when Samuel went on an extravagant spending spree using fraudulent cards, splashing out on top-of-the-range cars and a luxury lifestyle.
- I'm much more certain about the Chancellor's latest wheeze for grabbing more money to fund his extravagant spending plans.
- While it will welcome the slower pace of growth in mortgage lending, it is concerned that individuals are borrowing for day-to-day spending for extravagant lifestyles.
- The twice-wed star enjoyed an extravagant spending spree at an exclusive Hollywood store, where she bought designer baby wear for a newborn girl
- I also did not feel any remorse at the extravagant spending of the evening.
- Creative outreach and youth programming is more a matter of creativity than extravagant spending.
- A troubled housing board in Bradford has suffered its third resignation with complaints being made about outstanding repairs and extravagant spending.
- So extravagant, she buys her sons ponies, cars and throws parties that make them the envy of their friends.
- She got a taste of the Hollywood lifestyle immediately after their wedding, when he whisked her away to the Big Apple for an extravagant spending spree.
- Don't we feel happy when we read that someone who has everything they could possibly want uses it to make others happy - instead of on some extravagant spending spree?
- When it comes to love, God is the great prodigal - extravagant, a spendthrift, and oblivious to cost.
- After more than a year of extravagant online spending, scores of advertisers who've used the metrics are looking over the results and wondering what went wrong.
Synonyms spendthrift, profligate, unthrifty, thriftless, improvident, wasteful, free-spending, prodigal, squandering, lavish immoderate, excessive, imprudent, reckless, irresponsible - 1.1 Resulting from or showing a lack of restraint in spending money or resources.
extravagant gifts like computer games Example sentencesExamples - Your wealth will increase manifold but try not to give in to extravagant and impulsive buys.
- Production resources will not be extravagant.
- Clothes, diapers, bottles and every accessory both useful and extravagant, were bought.
- Then others, too, can be so nourished, receiving that extravagant gift that is both utterly free and costs not less than everything.
- The two tiny bundles that arrived unexpectedly on Debbie Badger's 34th birthday were more precious than the most extravagant gift.
- And neither family would have the money to buy SUV's, extravagant birthday parties and cable television.
- The most extravagant gift you could give a friend is some type of heavy gardening equipment.
- What's the most extravagant thing you've bought yourself since you started acting?
- While you prove to be great at managing your home, you give in to some extravagant buys.
- This was interpreted to mean: women feel confident that they have found a strong and committed mate when they receive an extravagant gift.
- This determination led to more gifts that were increasingly extravagant, and poems being left in more public and prominent places.
- She was extremely generous in the extravagant presents she bought for them.
- No need for extravagant gifts, but I can haul out the decorations and tree.
- Most women she knew would've been thrilled to receive such an extravagant gift, yet she found she couldn't care less about it, just an excuse to show off how much money he had.
- They regularly shower their friends with wildly extravagant gifts, kindnesses which Phillip and Alice could never hope to return or repay.
- Instead I bought lots of extravagant chocolates for them.
- She receives many extravagant and special gifts to help her raise her child.
- That inquiry was sparked by reports in the Los Angeles Times about Munitz's alleged extravagant travel and spending.
- Guest after guest has given me one extravagant gift after the other.
- But you can understand that I cannot accept such an extravagant and thoughtful gift.
Synonyms expensive, costly, dear, high-priced, high-cost, big-budget, exorbitant, extortionate, overpriced immoderate, lavish valuable, precious, priceless, worth its weight in gold, worth a king's ransom British over the odds informal pricey, costing an arm and a leg, costing the earth, costing a bomb, daylight robbery - 1.2 Exceeding what is reasonable or appropriate; excessive or elaborate.
extravagant claims about the merchandise Example sentencesExamples - And a few lines further on he specifies Christianity as the most extravagant elaboration of the moral theme that humanity has ever heard.
- The deaths of the powerful elicit extravagant claims, and many of the tributes to the man being buried in Rome today have been little short of grotesque.
- Of course these grown-up versions, which make extravagant claims on their elegant packaging, cost twice as much as the baby ones.
- So far, the Home Secretary has been exemplary, grabbing no emergency powers and making no extravagant claims for ID cards.
- Be wary of ‘natural’ or herbal remedies making extravagant claims to treat symptoms of menopause.
- You won't be believed but your extravagant claims might be passed around the office to lighten the dark winter months.
- The history of western commentaries on ancient Mesoamerican objects is full of extravagant claims made on the basis of such meaningless formal convergences.
- This in spite of his Nobel colleague Steven Weinberg's extravagant claim that physics can act as a moral and cultural force!
- His claims became more extravagant and he used oil as a weapon:
- I am not making extravagant claims for immigration.
- He made extravagant claims of evidence that revealed hundreds of known communists in government, the media and the film industry.
- Later, when the publicity had died down and independent researchers take a more dispassionate view of the outcomes of treatment over a longer period, the extravagant claims cannot be sustained.
- Rudd's extravagant claim was made in the uncomplicated environs of home turf but was equally ill-advised.
- Journalists with little understanding of science are easily persuaded by extravagant claims made by a charismatic researcher and his supporters.
- However, the continuing rows between the USA and Europe over the court's jurisdiction call these extravagant claims into question.
- Buoyant and watchable stuff, though I've now got to confess to a slight, sinking sense of disappointment with this trilogy, for which such extravagant claims have been made.
- But the Prime Minister was immediately rounded on for making extravagant claims and for misusing statistics.
- Consumer watchdogs in York have warned residents to steer clear of emails making extravagant claims about unrealistic earnings.
- If he does, Horne, who eschews unrealistic targets and makes no extravagant claims, will return home a contented man.
- Walt Whitman made extravagant claims to immortality.
Synonyms exorbitant, extortionate, excessive, high, unreasonable, outrageous, undue, uncalled for, extreme, inordinate, unwarranted, unnecessary, needless, disproportionate, too much informal sky-high, over the top, OTT, a bit much, fancy-pants excessive, immoderate, exaggerated, gushing, gushy, unrestrained, unreserved, effusive, fulsome outrageous, preposterous, absurd, irrational, reckless, wild informal steep, over the top, OTT ornate, elaborate, decorated, embellished, adorned, ornamented, fancy over-elaborate, fussy, busy, ostentatious, exaggerated, overstated, showy, baroque, rococo, florid, wedding-cake, gingerbread informal flash, flashy
Origin Late Middle English (in the sense 'unusual, unsuitable'): from medieval Latin extravagant- 'diverging greatly', from the verb extravagari, from Latin extra- 'outside' + vagari 'wander'. Extravagant came to us from medieval Latin extravagari, from extra- ‘outside’ and vagari ‘to wander’ (the source of vagabond and vagrant, see vague). It first meant ‘unusual, unsuitable’, and ‘diverging greatly’, then ‘excessive or elaborate’, not coming to mean ‘spending or costing a great deal’ until the early 18th century. An extravaganza (mid 18th century) is an elaborate and spectacular entertainment or production. It is basically the same word as mid 17th-century extravagance, but came into English from Italian estravaganza in the 1750s, when it meant ‘extravagance in language or behaviour’.
adjectiveikˈstravəɡəntɪkˈstrævəɡənt 1Lacking restraint in spending money or using resources. it was rather extravagant to buy both Example sentencesExamples - Don't we feel happy when we read that someone who has everything they could possibly want uses it to make others happy - instead of on some extravagant spending spree?
- Only the common people, who benefited from his extravagant spending, lamented his death.
- The court had heard earlier how the three men were caught when Samuel went on an extravagant spending spree using fraudulent cards, splashing out on top-of-the-range cars and a luxury lifestyle.
- A troubled housing board in Bradford has suffered its third resignation with complaints being made about outstanding repairs and extravagant spending.
- The twice-wed star enjoyed an extravagant spending spree at an exclusive Hollywood store, where she bought designer baby wear for a newborn girl
- I'm much more certain about the Chancellor's latest wheeze for grabbing more money to fund his extravagant spending plans.
- ‘I am always anxious that if my husband is laid off one day, how can we support his extravagant spending behaviour,’ she said.
- I also did not feel any remorse at the extravagant spending of the evening.
- So extravagant, she buys her sons ponies, cars and throws parties that make them the envy of their friends.
- During the late nineties, as the economy boomed, the city went on an especially extravagant spending spree.
- Profits were increasing, and newspapers were full of stories about the extravagant spending of the wealthy.
- While it will welcome the slower pace of growth in mortgage lending, it is concerned that individuals are borrowing for day-to-day spending for extravagant lifestyles.
- Examples of extravagant spending included an £88,000 reception desk and £663,000 worth of television facilities.
- Watch out for extravagant and impulsive spending.
- Creative outreach and youth programming is more a matter of creativity than extravagant spending.
- Many programmers have yanked their exhibitions after years of extravagant spending to woo operators.
- This relates to the extravagant spending also; if a public institution wants to be funded through taxpayer money, they must be accountable and transparent with how they spend it.
- She got a taste of the Hollywood lifestyle immediately after their wedding, when he whisked her away to the Big Apple for an extravagant spending spree.
- When it comes to love, God is the great prodigal - extravagant, a spendthrift, and oblivious to cost.
- After more than a year of extravagant online spending, scores of advertisers who've used the metrics are looking over the results and wondering what went wrong.
Synonyms spendthrift, profligate, unthrifty, thriftless, improvident, wasteful, free-spending, prodigal, squandering, lavish - 1.1 Costing too much money.
extravagant gifts like computer games Example sentencesExamples - The two tiny bundles that arrived unexpectedly on Debbie Badger's 34th birthday were more precious than the most extravagant gift.
- That inquiry was sparked by reports in the Los Angeles Times about Munitz's alleged extravagant travel and spending.
- Instead I bought lots of extravagant chocolates for them.
- This was interpreted to mean: women feel confident that they have found a strong and committed mate when they receive an extravagant gift.
- She receives many extravagant and special gifts to help her raise her child.
- Your wealth will increase manifold but try not to give in to extravagant and impulsive buys.
- What's the most extravagant thing you've bought yourself since you started acting?
- The most extravagant gift you could give a friend is some type of heavy gardening equipment.
- No need for extravagant gifts, but I can haul out the decorations and tree.
- Clothes, diapers, bottles and every accessory both useful and extravagant, were bought.
- They regularly shower their friends with wildly extravagant gifts, kindnesses which Phillip and Alice could never hope to return or repay.
- Most women she knew would've been thrilled to receive such an extravagant gift, yet she found she couldn't care less about it, just an excuse to show off how much money he had.
- While you prove to be great at managing your home, you give in to some extravagant buys.
- And neither family would have the money to buy SUV's, extravagant birthday parties and cable television.
- She was extremely generous in the extravagant presents she bought for them.
- This determination led to more gifts that were increasingly extravagant, and poems being left in more public and prominent places.
- Production resources will not be extravagant.
- Guest after guest has given me one extravagant gift after the other.
- But you can understand that I cannot accept such an extravagant and thoughtful gift.
- Then others, too, can be so nourished, receiving that extravagant gift that is both utterly free and costs not less than everything.
Synonyms expensive, costly, dear, high-priced, high-cost, big-budget, exorbitant, extortionate, overpriced - 1.2 Exceeding what is reasonable or appropriate; absurd.
extravagant claims for its effectiveness Example sentencesExamples - Walt Whitman made extravagant claims to immortality.
- This in spite of his Nobel colleague Steven Weinberg's extravagant claim that physics can act as a moral and cultural force!
- The history of western commentaries on ancient Mesoamerican objects is full of extravagant claims made on the basis of such meaningless formal convergences.
- I am not making extravagant claims for immigration.
- Buoyant and watchable stuff, though I've now got to confess to a slight, sinking sense of disappointment with this trilogy, for which such extravagant claims have been made.
- Rudd's extravagant claim was made in the uncomplicated environs of home turf but was equally ill-advised.
- He made extravagant claims of evidence that revealed hundreds of known communists in government, the media and the film industry.
- But the Prime Minister was immediately rounded on for making extravagant claims and for misusing statistics.
- You won't be believed but your extravagant claims might be passed around the office to lighten the dark winter months.
- And a few lines further on he specifies Christianity as the most extravagant elaboration of the moral theme that humanity has ever heard.
- So far, the Home Secretary has been exemplary, grabbing no emergency powers and making no extravagant claims for ID cards.
- His claims became more extravagant and he used oil as a weapon:
- Be wary of ‘natural’ or herbal remedies making extravagant claims to treat symptoms of menopause.
- Later, when the publicity had died down and independent researchers take a more dispassionate view of the outcomes of treatment over a longer period, the extravagant claims cannot be sustained.
- The deaths of the powerful elicit extravagant claims, and many of the tributes to the man being buried in Rome today have been little short of grotesque.
- If he does, Horne, who eschews unrealistic targets and makes no extravagant claims, will return home a contented man.
- Consumer watchdogs in York have warned residents to steer clear of emails making extravagant claims about unrealistic earnings.
- Of course these grown-up versions, which make extravagant claims on their elegant packaging, cost twice as much as the baby ones.
- However, the continuing rows between the USA and Europe over the court's jurisdiction call these extravagant claims into question.
- Journalists with little understanding of science are easily persuaded by extravagant claims made by a charismatic researcher and his supporters.
Synonyms exorbitant, extortionate, excessive, high, unreasonable, outrageous, undue, uncalled for, extreme, inordinate, unwarranted, unnecessary, needless, disproportionate, too much excessive, immoderate, exaggerated, gushing, gushy, unrestrained, unreserved, effusive, fulsome ornate, elaborate, decorated, embellished, adorned, ornamented, fancy
Origin Late Middle English (in the sense ‘unusual, unsuitable’): from medieval Latin extravagant- ‘diverging greatly’, from the verb extravagari, from Latin extra- ‘outside’ + vagari ‘wander’. |