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Synonyms for extravagant

Collins Thesaurus of the English Language – Complete and Unabridged 2nd Edition. 2002 © HarperCollins Publishers 1995, 2002

Synonyms for extravagant

characterized by excessive or imprudent spending

given to or marked by unrestrained abundance

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Synonyms for extravagant

unrestrained, especially with regard to feelings

recklessly wasteful

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These men, whom she had found so relapsed into barbarism that they had forgotten the most ordinary forms of civilization; these men, even in whose extravagant admiration there was a certain loss of self-respect, that as a woman she would never forgive; these men, who seemed to belong to another race--impossible!
Dickens' inexhaustible fertility in characters and scenes is a main cause of the rather extravagant lack of unity which is another conspicuous feature of his books.
Detecting his emotion, Pearl clapped her little hands in the most extravagant ecstacy.
With what a ghastly rapture, as it were, too mighty to be expressed only by the eye and features, and therefore bursting forth through the whole ugliness of his figure, and making itself even riotously manifest by the extravagant gestures with which he threw up his arms towards the ceiling, and stamped his foot upon the floor!
Secondly, our lavish and extravagant style of weddings is worrisome as extravagant amount of food and electricity is wasted, which is not needed.
Bold colours and special effects mark this year's Royal Edinburgh Military Tattoo, with producers describing it as "perhaps the most extravagant yet".
The Commission on Audit (COA) has asked state-run Philippine Charity Sweepstakes Office (PCSO) to return some P2.068 billion it spent on 'unauthorized benefits' as well as 'unnecessary and extravagant' expenses since 2013.
Attend to your embellishments at every time of prayer, and eat and drink and be not extravagant; surely He does not love the extravagant." Another Scholor Allama Hussain Shahedi said Islam absolutely prohibits wastage in all aspects either it is time, energy, wealth, or even food.
The Rocky Horror Show is the most outrageous, extravagant, absolutely ridiculous musical - and it's certainly not one to be missed.
As the party capital of India, Goa is all set to welcome New Year with extravagant preparations for tourists.
Bollywood actress Priyanka Chopra and American singer Nick Jonas hosted an extravagant concert on December 2, 2019, for their star-studded wedding guests as the couple tied the knot at a lavish Indian palace.
PCSO General Manager Alexander Balutan denied that the party was extravagant and clarified that the budget for the event was just P6 million.
MEL B squandered her multimillion fortune by leading an "extravagant" lifestyle, a court heard.
IANS Actor Armie Hammer says his colleague Johnny Depp has an extravagant lifestyle, adding that he lives on"an entirely other planet".