- 1spending a lot more money or using a lot more of something than you can afford or than is necessary I felt very extravagant spending £100 on a dress. She's got very extravagant tastes. Residents were warned not to be extravagant with water, in view of the low rainfall this year. Oxford Collocations Dictionary verbsbe, feel, seem, … adverbparticularly, very, wildly, … prepositionwith See full entry
- 2costing a lot more money than you can afford or is necessary an extravagant present Oxford Collocations Dictionary verbsbe, feel, seem, … adverbparticularly, very, wildly, … prepositionwith See full entry
- 3(of ideas, speech or behaviour) very extreme or impressive but not reasonable or practical synonym exaggerated the extravagant claims/promises of politicians I was embarrassed by all the extravagant praise I was getting. He had the extravagant gestures and loud voice of an actor. Word Originlate Middle English (in the sense ‘unusual, unsuitable’): from medieval Latin extravagant- ‘diverging greatly’, from the verb extravagari, from Latin extra- ‘outside’ + vagari ‘wander’.Extra examples I go to that restaurant for lunch if I’m feeling extravagant. You mustn’t be so extravagant with other people’s money. He bought us all these extravagant presents he couldn’t really afford. I felt very extravagant spending £500 on a dress. She has very extravagant tastes.
extravagant
adjectiveBrE BrE//ɪkˈstrævəɡənt//; NAmE NAmE//ɪkˈstrævəɡənt//
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