expensive
expensive is defined in Webster's Unabridged Dictionary (1913) with 1 sense, and appears in Roget's Thesaurus (1911) with 40 related terms. The full text of each entry is reproduced verbatim below.
Definitions
- 1.Free in expending; very liberal; especially, in a bad scene; extravagant; lavish. [R.] An active, expensive, indefatigable goodness. Sprat. The idle and expensive are dangerous. Sir W. Temple. -- Ex*pen"sive*ly, adv. -- Ex*pen"sive*ness, n.
Source: Webster's Unabridged Dictionary, 1913 edition (public domain, via GCIDE / Project Gutenberg).
Synonyms
Synonyms (Webster's 1913)
- costly
- dear
- extravagant
- high-priced
- lavish
Source: Webster's Unabridged Dictionary, 1913 edition (public domain, via GCIDE / Project Gutenberg).
Related terms (Roget's 1911)
- above
- beyond
- bleed
- bought
- cost
- costly
- dear
- dearly
- dearness
- demand
- dollar
- excess
- exorbitance
- exorbitant
- extort
- extortion
- extortionate
- extravagance
- extravagant
- eye
- famine
- fancy
- fleece
- for
- gout
- great
- had
- heavy
- high
- look
- looking
- love
- money
- more
- much
- nose
- not
- overcharge
- pas
- pay
Source: Roget's Thesaurus, 1911 edition (public domain, via Project Gutenberg eBook #10681).
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Sources
- Definitions: Webster's Unabridged Dictionary, 1913 edition (public domain, via GCIDE / Project Gutenberg).
- Synonyms: Roget's Thesaurus, 1911 edition (public domain, via Project Gutenberg eBook #10681).
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