extravagant

Từ điển Oxford Advanced Learner 8th

ex·trava·gant BrE [ɪkˈstrævəɡənt] NAmE [ɪkˈstrævəɡənt] adjective
1. spending a lot more money or using a lot more of sth 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.
2. costing a lot more money than you can afford or is necessary
•an extravagant present
3. (of ideas, speech or behaviour)very extreme or impressive but not reasonable or practical
Syn: ↑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.
Derived Word: ↑extravagantly

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’.

Thesaurus:
extravagant [extravagant extravagantly] adj. (sometimes disapproving)
•He bought extravagant presents that he couldn't really afford.
lavish • |disapproving wasteful •
Opp: thrifty
the extravagant/lavish/wasteful use of sth
extravagant/wasteful consumption
an extravagant/a lavish present/gift/lifestyle

Example Bank:
•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.

• Từ đồng nghĩa / Synonyms:
  prodigal, profligate, spendthrift, excessive, exuberant, overweening