Although I modified this extravagance later by including the beautiful life among the works of art that alone gave a meaning to life, it was still beauty that I valued.
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Extravagance
/ɪkˈstɹævəɡən(t)s/
Synonyms for "extravagance" (337 found)
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Closest matches (68)
Noun(4 words)
abandonabsurdityabundanceaffluenceaggrandizementamenityample sufficiencyamplenessamplificationamplitudeavalancheballyhoobedizenmentbig talkbigotryblatancyblowing upbonanzaboundlessnessbountifulness
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bountiousnessbrazennessbumper cropburlesquecapriciousnesscaricaturecarpe diemcloud of wordscolorfulnessconspicuous consumptioncopiousnesscrapulencecrapulencycrapulousnesscrudenessdashdazzledazzlingnessdelugediffusenessdiffusiondiffusivenessdilatationdilationdissipationdrunkennessduplicationduplication of efforteffusioneffusivenessegregiousnessembarras de richessesembellishmentenhancementenlargementenormousnessenoughexaggeratingexaggerationexcessexcessivenessexorbitanceexorbitancyexpansion
Strong matches (101)
expletiveextortionatenessextravagancyextravaganzaextravagationextremeextremenessextremesextremismextremityexuberancefabulousnessfanaticalnessfanaticismfantasyfatfat of the landfeatherbeddingfecundityfertility
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fillingflagrancyflamboyanceflashinessflightinessfloodflowfluencyfoisonformlessnessfrillfrillsfripperyfull measurefullnessgaietygarishnessgauderygaudinessgenerositygenerousnessgiantismgigantismgingerbreadglareglittergluttonygorgeousnessgrandiloquencegreat abundancegreat plentygushgushingheighteninghucksteringhyperbolehyperbolismhypertrophyimmoderacyimmoderatenessimmoderationimprovidenceincontinenceindisciplineindulgenceinflationinordinacyinordinanceinordinatenessintemperanceintemperatenessinundationirrationalityjauntinessjazzinesslandslidelavishnessleaking purseliberalityliberalnesslogorrhealoose purse stringslotlotsloudnessluridnessluxurianceluxurymacrologymagnification
Noun(10 words)
extravagancesextravagancyflamboyancefoolishnesshigh lifehighlifeirregularitylevel of wastefulnessluxurialuxuries
Verb(1 words)
Related words (168)
maximummeretriciousnessmoney to burnmonstrousnessmore than enoughmuchmyriadmyriadsneedlessnessnimietynumerousnessobtrusivenessopulenceopulencyornamentationoutpouroutpouringoutrageousnessoverabundanceoveraccumulation
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overadornmentoverbounteousnessovercopiousnessoverdevelopmentoverdoingoverdoseoveremphasisoverenthusiasmoverestimationoverflowovergenerosityovergenerousnessovergreatnessovergrowthoverindulgenceoverkilloverlapoverlargenessoverlavishnessoverliberalityoverluxurianceovermeasureovermuchovermuchnessovernumerousnessoverplentifulnessoverplentyoverpopulationoverprofusionoverreactionoverreligiousnessoverstatementoversufficiencyoversupplyoverzealousnesspaddingpageantrypalilogypanachepayroll paddingperfervidnessplenitudeplenteousnessplentifulnessplentypleonasmplethorapound-foolishnesspreposterousnessprevalenceprodigalityproductivenessproductivityprofligacyprofusenessprofusionprolificacyprolificityprolixitypufferypuffing upquantitiesquantityrabidnessradicalismrampancyranknessreckless expenditurereckless spendingrecklessnessredundanceredundancyreiterationreiterativenessrepetition for effectrepetitivenessrepletenessrepletionrich harvestrich veinrichnessriotriotousnessscadsself-indulgencesensationalismshamelessnessshowershowinessspatesplurgesportinesssquandersquanderingsquandermaniastreamstretchingsubstantialitysubstantialnesssuperabundancesuperfluitysuperfluousnesssuperfluxsuperlativeswinishnesstalkativenesstall talktautologytawdrinessteemingnesstiradetoo muchtoo-muchnesstoutingtravestyultrazealousnessunconscionablenessunconstraintuncontrolunduenessunnecessarinessunreasonablenessunrestrainednessunrestraintverbosityvulgarnesswastewastefulnesswealthwhimzealotismzealotry
Noun(15 words)
Adjective(1 words)
wasteful practice
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More general
13 entriesbehavioral traitdecorativenessdissipationexcessexcessivenessexpenditureimprovidenceinordinatenessornamentationpersonality traitshortsightednesswastewastefulness
More specific
10 entriesbaroque styleexcessive displaygaudinessgildingoverindulgencepretentiousnessrococo designshowmanshipspending spreewasteful use
Collocations
5 entriesfinancial extravagancelavish lifestyleornate decorostentatious displayspending extravagance
Inflections
1 entriesDerivations
2 entriesSample sentences
15 total sentences available.
Such extravagance is beyond my reach.
Source: tatoeba (54609)
His extravagance is out of proportion to his wage.
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I have been more than once intoxicated, my passions have always bordered on extravagance: I am not ashamed to confess it; for I have learned, by my own experience, that all extraordinary men, who have accomplished great and astonishing actions, have ever been decried by the world as drunken or insane.
Source: tatoeba (393585)
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