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   extravagant

   /ɪkˈstravəɡ(ə)nt/

   adjective

   • 1. lacking restraint in spending money or using resources: "it was rather extravagant to buy both" Similar spendthriftprofligateunthriftythriftlessimprovidentwastefulfree-spendingprodigalsquanderinglavishimmoderateexcessiveimprudentrecklessirresponsibleOpposite thrifty
   • ▪ resulting from or showing a lack of restraint in spending money or resources: "extravagant gifts like computer games" Similar expensivecostlydearhigh-pricedhigh-costbig-budgetexorbitantextortionateoverpricedimmoderatelavishvaluablepreciouspricelessworth its weight in goldworth a king's ransomover the oddsinformal:priceycosting an arm and a legcosting the earthcosting a bombdaylight robberyOpposite cheap
   • ▪ exceeding what is reasonable or appropriate; excessive or elaborate: "extravagant claims about the merchandise" Similar exorbitantextortionateexcessivehighunreasonableoutrageousundueuncalled forextremeinordinateunwarrantedunnecessaryneedlessdisproportionatetoo muchinformal:sky-highover the topOTTa bit muchfancy-pantsexcessiveimmoderateexaggeratedgushinggushyunrestrainedunreservedeffusivefulsomeoutrageouspreposterousabsurdirrationalrecklesswildinformal:steepover the topOTTornateelaboratedecoratedembellishedadornedornamentedfancyover-elaboratefussybusyostentatiousexaggeratedoverstatedshowybaroquerococofloridwedding-cakegingerbreadinformal:flashflashyOpposite reasonablelowmoderateplain

   Word 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’.

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