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extravagant
adjective as in indulgent, wasteful
Strongest matches
absurd, bizarre, bling, blingy, costly, exaggerated, excessive, exorbitant, expensive, fanciful, fancy, fantastic, flamboyant, flashy, garish, gaudy, grandiose, implausible, lavish, ludicrous, ornate, ostentatious, outrageous, overpriced, profligate, reckless, ridiculous, showy, silly
Weak matches
crazy, extortionate, extreme, foolish, immoderate, improvident, imprudent, inordinate, nonsensical, preposterous, pretentious, prodigal, spendthrift, steep, unbalanced, unconscionable, unreasonable, unrestrained
Example Sentences
It’s an onslaught of extravagant Rococo, Neoclassical, Art Nouveau, modern and contemporary porcelain showpieces, gilded and in dazzling blues, turquoises, ochers and pinks—made for sovereigns, dignitaries, diplomats, heads of state and the wealthy elite.
The owner of multiple luxury properties in Manhattan, she took her friends and lovers on extravagant romps on her private plane and on chartered boats, or to her chalet in Vail.
Lord Jonathan Sumption, the former Supreme Court judge, believes that some decisions by immigration tribunal judges have become "extravagant" and far removed from the original boundaries of the right to family life.
It was a bizarre performance from South Africa on a pitch that offered a little assistance to the spinners, but far from anything extravagant, as they simply had no answers to England's consistency.
As in “Reservation Dogs,” place is key and roots the action, however extravagant, to the real world.
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From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.
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