extravagancenoun
uk/ɪkˈstræv.ə.ɡəns/us/ɪkˈstræv.ə.ɡəns/[ U ] behaviour in which you spend more money than you need to:
I think she was shocked by my extravagance.
[ C ] something expensive that you buy even though you do not need it:
Perfume is my greatest extravagance.
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Uncontrolled
- all hell breaks loose idiom
- amok
- amuck
- cut loose idiom
- extravagant
- intemperate
- like mad idiom
- mad
- maniacal
- out of hand idiom
- rampant
- raw
- spin
- spiral
- spread like wildfire idiom
- tearaway
- unbridled
- unchecked
- uncontrollable
- wildfire
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Paying money
Buying
Expensive & luxurious