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Synonyms for expensive

Grammar : Adj
Spell : ik-spen-siv
Phonetic Transcription : ɪkˈspɛn sɪv

Top 10 synonyms for expensive
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Définition of expensive

Origin :
  • 1620s, "given to profuse expenditure," from expense (n.) + -ive. Meaning "costly" is from 1630s. Earlier was expenseful (c.1600). Expenseless was in use mid-17c.-18c., but there seems nothing now to which it applies, and the dictionaries label it "obsolete."
  • adj high-priced
Example sentences :
  • It was the most expensive piece of jewelry Grace had ever owned.
  • Extract from : « Grace Harlowe's Return to Overton Campus » by Jessie Graham Flower
  • Gas is indispensable in the operation of dirigible balloons, and gas is expensive.
  • Extract from : « Flying Machines » by W.J. Jackman and Thos. H. Russell
  • Indeed, as we have been told, "nothing is so expensive as glory."
  • Extract from : « The Story of the Malakand Field Force » by Sir Winston S. Churchill
  • The state's magnanimity to those offenders whom it would be too expensive to punish.
  • Extract from : « The Devil's Dictionary » by Ambrose Bierce
  • That is why we feel that expensive Arctic feasts would probably be a frost.
  • Extract from : « Alarms and Discursions » by G. K. Chesterton
  • We always drink champagne in the States, not because we like it, but because it's expensive.
  • Extract from : « One Day's Courtship » by Robert Barr
  • You will find them tenting out at the Métropole and all the expensive hotels.
  • Extract from : « One Day's Courtship » by Robert Barr
  • It is expensive, but so light and so easily cleaned that it is well worth all you may have to pay.
  • Extract from : « The Forest » by Stewart Edward White
  • Potted bloater is one of the least expensive and appetizing of all potted meats.
  • Extract from : « Culture and Cooking » by Catherine Owen
  • The gardenia flowers now so much favored for wearing are expensive.
  • Extract from : « The Mayflower, January, 1905 » by Various

Antonyms for expensive

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