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What (who) is extravagant - definition
extravagant
SONG BY LIL DURK
Extravagant (Lil Durk song; Extravagant (Lil Durk song)
adj. extravagant in (extravagant in spending their father's money)
extravagant
SONG BY LIL DURK
Extravagant (Lil Durk song; Extravagant (Lil Durk song)
[?k'strav?g(?)nt, ?k-]
¦ adjective
1. lacking restraint in spending money or using resources.
resulting from or showing this: extravagant gifts.
2. exceeding what is reasonable or appropriate: extravagant claims.
Derivatives
extravagance noun
extravagancy noun
extravagantly adverb
Origin
ME (in the sense 'unusual, unsuitable'): from med. L. extravagant-, extravagari 'diverge greatly', from L. extra- 'outside' + vagari 'wander'.
extravagant
SONG BY LIL DURK
Extravagant (Lil Durk song; Extravagant (Lil Durk song)
1.
Someone who is extravagant spends more money than they can afford or uses more of something than is reasonable.
We are not extravagant; restaurant meals are a luxury and designer clothes are out...
ADJ
• extravagantly
Jeff had shopped extravagantly for presents for the whole family.
ADV: ADV with v
2.
Something that is extravagant costs more money than you can afford or uses more of something than is reasonable.
Her Aunt Sallie gave her an uncharacteristically extravagant gift...
...her extravagant lifestyle.
ADJ
• extravagantly
By supercar standards, though, it is not extravagantly priced for a beautifully engineered machine.
ADV: ADV adj/-ed
3.
Extravagant behaviour is extreme behaviour that is often done for a particular effect.
He was extravagant in his admiration of Hellas...
They may make extravagant shows of generosity.
ADJ
• extravagantly
...extravagantly bizarre clothes.
ADV: ADV with v, ADV adj
4.
Extravagant claims or ideas are unrealistic or impractical.
They have to compete by adorning their products with ever more extravagant claims...
Don't be afraid to consider apparently extravagant ideas.
= wild
ADJ: usu ADJ n [disapproval]
Examples of use of extravagant
1. They want extravagant decorations for their houses.
2. His evidence was grossly imbalanced and extravagant.
3. Extravagant: Critics are against Sting‘s extravagant concerts The band‘s reunion tour, which started in May last year, takes in four continents.
4. But don‘t look for any extravagant presents under their tree.
5. But it is not only the extravagant who are exploited.