Betekenis van extravagant In het Nederlands

• 0 spending too much money, or using too much of something:

  • the extravagant lifestyle of a movie star

  • It was very extravagant of you to buy strawberries out of season.

  • He rarely used taxis, which he regarded as extravagant.

  • the extravagant use of packaging on many products

  • The product does not live up to the extravagant claims of the advertisers.

• 1 more expensive than is necessary or reasonable, or having the characteristics of being expensive:

  • Company executives enjoyed an extravagant lifestyle.

  • Top athletes are showered with extravagant gifts.

• 2 beyond any reasonable expectation:

  • Parents who have extravagant hopes for their children are bound to be disappointed.

• 3 spending or costing a lot of money:

  • Severe cuts in public spending mean that demands for extravagant pay rises are no longer realistic.

  • an extravagant lifestyle

  • extravagant spending/expenditure

• 4 not based on facts and therefore not likely to be true:

  • an extravagant claim/promise