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worth a king's ransom

ADJECTIVE

precious

Synonyms

WEAK

choice costly dear exquisite fine high-priced inestimable invaluable priceless prizable prized recherché rich treasurable valuable worth eyeteeth worth one's weight in gold

Antonyms

WEAK

cheap common defective deficient disfavored impaired inexpensive useless valueless worthless

ADJECTIVE

priceless

Synonyms

STRONGEST

cherished collectible expensive incalculable invaluable prized rare treasured valuable

WEAK

beyond price costly dear incomparable inestimable out-of-bounds out-of-sight rich valued without price worth its weight in gold

Antonyms

STRONGEST

cheap worthless

WEAK

grave replaceable serious useless

Example Sentences

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The hoard of almost 500 pieces was a 17th-century goldsmith's stock – worth a king's ransom then and priceless now.

From The Guardian • Jun. 4, 2013

Everyone had been busy burning and burying a creature worth a king’s ransom.

From "The Name of the Wind" by Patrick Rothfuss

"It's worth a king's ransom, this bottle. It cost me two large blue-white diamonds, a mechanical bluebird which sang, and a dragon's scale."

From "Stardust" by Neil Gaiman

The walls and ceilings were frescoed by the brush of a great master, and hung with works of art worth a king’s ransom.

From The Clansman An Historical Romance of the Ku Klux Klan by Dixon, Thomas

But this was a treasure worth a king's ransom, a marvellous talisman, so splendid, so beautiful, so brilliant that the chroniclers can scarce find words fitly to describe its richness and value.

From Historical Tales - The Romance of Reality - Volume VII by Morris, Charles

worth a king's ransom

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