Synonyms for splurge

Grammar : Verb

Spell : splurj

Phonetic Transcription : splɜrdʒ

Définition of splurge

Origin : 1828, "ostentatious display," American English, a Western (i.e. Kentucky) word, perhaps a blend of splash and surge. The meaning "extravagant indulgence in spending" is first recorded 1928.

verb spend lavishly

Example sentences :

I could see Schultz think, and revive, and splurge with his bets again.
Extract from : « The House of Pride » by Jack London

The Caledonias have tried to make quite a splurge this year.
Extract from : « Back Home » by Eugene Wood

There was no opportunity for him to splurge about from side to side of the pulpit, as some do.
Extract from : « Backlog Studies » by Charles Dudley Warner

I may make a splurge for another six months, for it is hard to give up.
Extract from : « Max Fargus » by Owen Johnson

And again, my dear Aurelia, I am afraid you are going to make a splurge.
Extract from : « Letters of Peregrine Pickle » by George P. Upton

Do not splurge, therefore, unless you are ready to keep up your splurge.
Extract from : « Letters of Peregrine Pickle » by George P. Upton

There is always a grand cadenza where you must play all alone and "make a splurge."
Extract from : « Music-Study in Germany » by Amy Fay

Agnes would, as she frankly said, have been glad to make a splurge.
Extract from : « The Corner House Girls » by Grace Brooks Hill

It was his father who made the collection in the days of the first great American splurge.
Extract from : « The High Heart » by Basil King

And we sed the same after the splurge uv the 22d uv February last.
Extract from : « Swingin Round the Cirkle. » by Petroleum V. Nasby

Antonyms for splurge

hoard
save

Based on : Thesaurus.com - Gutenberg.org - Dictionary.com - Random House Unabridged Dictionary, © Random House, Inc. 2019