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Noun
S:
(n)
splurge
(an ostentatious display (of effort or extravagance etc.))
direct hypernym
/
inherited hypernym
/
sister term
derivationally related form
W:
(v)
splurge
[Related to:
splurge
] (be showy or ostentatious)
S:
(n)
orgy
,
binge
,
splurge
(any act of immoderate indulgence)
"an orgy of shopping"; "an emotional binge"; "a splurge of spending"
Verb
S:
(v)
splurge
,
fling
(indulge oneself)
"I splurged on a new TV"
direct hypernym
/
inherited hypernym
/
sister term
S:
(v)
consume
,
squander
,
waste
,
ware
(spend extravagantly)
"waste not, want not"
S:
(v)
drink
,
tope
(drink excessive amounts of alcohol; be an alcoholic)
"The husband drinks and beats his wife"
S:
(v)
fritter
,
frivol away
,
dissipate
,
shoot
,
fritter away
,
fool
,
fool away
(spend frivolously and unwisely)
"Fritter away one's inheritance"
S:
(v)
luxuriate
,
wanton
(become extravagant; indulge (oneself) luxuriously)
S:
(v)
lavish
,
shower
(expend profusely; also used with abstract nouns)
"He was showered with praise"
S:
(v)
overspend
(spend at a high rate)
S:
(v)
splurge
,
fling
(indulge oneself)
"I splurged on a new TV"
derivationally related form
W:
(n)
fling
[Related to:
fling
] (a brief indulgence of your impulses)
sentence frame
S:
(v)
splurge
(be showy or ostentatious)
direct hypernym
/
inherited hypernym
/
sister term
derivationally related form
W:
(n)
splurge
[Related to:
splurge
] (an ostentatious display (of effort or extravagance etc.))
sentence frame
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