Extravagant
adjective
Spending too much money or using too much of something.
He was known for his extravagant lifestyle, always wearing the most expensive clothes and driving the best cars.
Often appears as...
- extravagant lifestyle
- extravagant spending
adjective
Much too high in price or too much in amount.
They faced criticism for the extravagant prices of their products.
Often appears as...
- extravagant prices
- extravagant fees
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Disapproving
adjective
Extravagant in language, style, or imagination.
The show was praised for its use of extravagant costumes and sets.
Often appears as...
- extravagant costumes
- extravagant sets
Usage tips
Literary
adjective
Spending too much money or using too much of something.
He was known for his extravagant lifestyle, always wearing the most expensive clothes and driving the best cars.
Often appears as...
- extravagant lifestyle
- extravagant spending
adjective
Much too high in price or too much in amount.
They faced criticism for the extravagant prices of their products.
Often appears as...
- extravagant prices
- extravagant fees
Usage tips
Disapproving
adjective
Extravagant in language, style, or imagination.
The show was praised for its use of extravagant costumes and sets.
Often appears as...
- extravagant costumes
- extravagant sets
Usage tips
Literary
Definition 1 of 3
Pro Tip 1/3Immoderate Usage
Indicates using resources or money beyond what is reasonable or necessary.
His extravagant use of water during the drought was frowned upon.
Pro Tip 2/3Show of Wealth
Often suggests a desire to impress others with spending.
Her extravagant purchases at the mall were purely to show off.
Pro Tip 3/3Negative Connotation
Usually implies criticism or disapproval of the spending habits.
Neighbors whispered about his extravagant parties in such hard times.
Pro Tip 1/3Immoderate Usage
Indicates using resources or money beyond what is reasonable or necessary.
His extravagant use of water during the drought was frowned upon.
Pro Tip 2/3Show of Wealth
Often suggests a desire to impress others with spending.
Her extravagant purchases at the mall were purely to show off.
Pro Tip 3/3Negative Connotation
Usually implies criticism or disapproval of the spending habits.
Neighbors whispered about his extravagant parties in such hard times.
Pro Tip 1/3Immoderate Usage
Indicates using resources or money beyond what is reasonable or necessary.
His extravagant use of water during the drought was frowned upon.
Pro Tip 2/3Show of Wealth
Often suggests a desire to impress others with spending.
Her extravagant purchases at the mall were purely to show off.
Pro Tip 3/3Negative Connotation
Usually implies criticism or disapproval of the spending habits.
Neighbors whispered about his extravagant parties in such hard times.
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I love being a police...
So I met them and I began to listen. See, police have a problem. Off the top, we want to bring things into the community and come up with these extravagant strategies and deployments, but we never talk to the community about them. And we shove them into the community and say, "Take that." But we said we'd get rid of that stinkin' thinkin',
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Andrew Connolly: What's...
But the universe is anything but static. It constantly changes on timescales of seconds to billions of years. Galaxies merge, they collide at hundreds of thousands of miles per hour. Stars are born, they die, they explode in these extravagant displays. In fact, if we could go back
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Sting: How I started...
and just like those ships, once they were launched, I'd never come back. I dreamt I'd become a writer of songs, that I would sing those songs to vast numbers of people all over the world, that I would be paid extravagant amounts of money, that I'd become famous,
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The Egyptian myth of the...
The warrior god Set and his wife, the goddess Nephtys, decorated an extravagant hall for the occasion, with a beautiful wooden chest as the centerpiece. They invited all the most important gods, dozens of lesser deities, and foreign monarchs.
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Bonus: The Endangered...
of their lives and that means I can get very close I love being close to these birds you know they're so magnificent and their behavior is so extravagant finding the correct mane is vital both parents raised the chick and they
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What It's Like To Be a...
yet somehow still extravagant dream of being safe. They dream of a day when they can go to the market without the fear of violence. Or send their kids to school without being afraid for their lives.
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The beauty and...
What in the world would I be thinking? And by extravagant, I mean over the top, not just checking a box. We can all remember when we were kids and our parents forced us to apologize to somebody
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How your brain decides...
is the peacock's tail. This beautiful but cumbersome tail doesn't exactly help the peacock avoid predators and approach peahens. Why should such an extravagant appendage evolve?
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Kabuki: The people's...
continues to delight audiences with the actors' elaborate makeup, extravagant and delicately embroidered costumes, and the unmistakable melodrama of the stories told on stage.
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Greatest Fights In The...
despite the most extravagant threats neither is prepared to back down
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I love being a police...
So I met them and I began to listen. See, police have a problem. Off the top, we want to bring things into the community and come up with these extravagant strategies and deployments, but we never talk to the community about them. And we shove them into the community and say, "Take that." But we said we'd get rid of that stinkin' thinkin',
Video examples
Andrew Connolly: What's...
But the universe is anything but static. It constantly changes on timescales of seconds to billions of years. Galaxies merge, they collide at hundreds of thousands of miles per hour. Stars are born, they die, they explode in these extravagant displays. In fact, if we could go back
Video examples
Sting: How I started...
and just like those ships, once they were launched, I'd never come back. I dreamt I'd become a writer of songs, that I would sing those songs to vast numbers of people all over the world, that I would be paid extravagant amounts of money, that I'd become famous,
Video examples
The Egyptian myth of the...
The warrior god Set and his wife, the goddess Nephtys, decorated an extravagant hall for the occasion, with a beautiful wooden chest as the centerpiece. They invited all the most important gods, dozens of lesser deities, and foreign monarchs.
Video examples
Bonus: The Endangered...
of their lives and that means I can get very close I love being close to these birds you know they're so magnificent and their behavior is so extravagant finding the correct mane is vital both parents raised the chick and they
Video examples
What It's Like To Be a...
yet somehow still extravagant dream of being safe. They dream of a day when they can go to the market without the fear of violence. Or send their kids to school without being afraid for their lives.
Video examples
The beauty and...
What in the world would I be thinking? And by extravagant, I mean over the top, not just checking a box. We can all remember when we were kids and our parents forced us to apologize to somebody
Video examples
How your brain decides...
is the peacock's tail. This beautiful but cumbersome tail doesn't exactly help the peacock avoid predators and approach peahens. Why should such an extravagant appendage evolve?
Video examples
Kabuki: The people's...
continues to delight audiences with the actors' elaborate makeup, extravagant and delicately embroidered costumes, and the unmistakable melodrama of the stories told on stage.
Video examples
Greatest Fights In The...
despite the most extravagant threats neither is prepared to back down
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Quote examples
Jason Ritter
American Actor
I love the feeling of having as close to a steady job as you can ever have as an actor. I'm not an extravagant spender, so when I work on a TV show for a season or do a bunch of episodes as a reoccurring, I try to spread the money that comes from that out so that I can do these movies that are important to me.
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Andrew Motion
English Poet
I deeply adored my mum. She was an extraordinary person, even for the prejudice I'm likely to have. She was beautiful, amusing, a tremendous elaborator of things into comic proportions and extravagant in her imagination.
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Taylor Swift
American Singer
I cap myself when I shop; I don't like to spend extravagant amounts on clothes. But, I do get lent clothes for events, it's scary to wear something so expensive, but I feel really pampered.
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Max Lucado
American Clergyman
There is a time for risky love. There is a time for extravagant gestures. There is a time to pour out your affections on one you love. And when the time comes - seize it, don't miss it.
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Rachel Zoe
American Designer
As far as I can remember, every dime I ever had went to something extravagant. I would rather spend more, buy fewer items and have them forever.
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Marlee Matlin
American Actress
Living modestly in a suburban neighborhood while trying to support four children through private school is not extravagant or living large.
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Jenny Zhang
Chinese Actress
White people have always slipped in and out of the experiences of people of color and been praised extravagantly for it.
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Imelda Marcos
Celebrity
I always say you can never be extravagant with beauty. Beauty is God made real. Beauty is life.
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Craig Kilborn
Entertainer
I lived in a studio apartment until my mid-30s. I don't have an extravagant lifestyle.
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Trudie Styler
English Actress
My life is extravagant.
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Jason Ritter
American Actor
I love the feeling of having as close to a steady job as you can ever have as an actor. I'm not an extravagant spender, so when I work on a TV show for a season or do a bunch of episodes as a reoccurring, I try to spread the money that comes from that out so that I can do these movies that are important to me.
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Andrew Motion
English Poet
I deeply adored my mum. She was an extraordinary person, even for the prejudice I'm likely to have. She was beautiful, amusing, a tremendous elaborator of things into comic proportions and extravagant in her imagination.
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Taylor Swift
American Singer
I cap myself when I shop; I don't like to spend extravagant amounts on clothes. But, I do get lent clothes for events, it's scary to wear something so expensive, but I feel really pampered.
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Max Lucado
American Clergyman
There is a time for risky love. There is a time for extravagant gestures. There is a time to pour out your affections on one you love. And when the time comes - seize it, don't miss it.
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Rachel Zoe
American Designer
As far as I can remember, every dime I ever had went to something extravagant. I would rather spend more, buy fewer items and have them forever.
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Marlee Matlin
American Actress
Living modestly in a suburban neighborhood while trying to support four children through private school is not extravagant or living large.
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Jenny Zhang
Chinese Actress
White people have always slipped in and out of the experiences of people of color and been praised extravagantly for it.
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Imelda Marcos
Celebrity
I always say you can never be extravagant with beauty. Beauty is God made real. Beauty is life.
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Craig Kilborn
Entertainer
I lived in a studio apartment until my mid-30s. I don't have an extravagant lifestyle.
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Trudie Styler
English Actress
My life is extravagant.
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