Prodigality

Quick meaning: Prodigality is a noun meaning Wasteful extravagance.

Meaning

Wasteful extravagance.

More Meanings

1. Lavish generosity.

Example Sentences

At least there was an air of reckless prodigality in their appearance, and the most fastidious guest would surely find the wine his soul craved for, at all events) in the label.

Mother[…]considered that the exclusiveness of Peter's circle was due not to its distinction, but to the fact that it was an inner Babylon of prodigality and whoredom, from which every Kensingtonian held aloof, except on the conventional tip-and-run excursions in pursuit of shopping, tea and theatres.

The plain where he was riding was one immense thicket of the gum cistus, whose frail white leaves, just veined with the faintest pink, fell in showers at the least movement of the passer-by. What a prodigality of blossom!—for the gum cistus, born and withered in an hour, is the most ephemeral of flowers.

Word Forms

• prodigalities

Synonyms for prodigality

Depending on context, synonyms include spendthrift, extravagance, imprudence, profligacy, profligateness, profusion.

Antonyms for prodigality

Common opposites include frugality, thriftiness, miserliness, stinginess.

Related Words

Related dictionary entries include extravagance, lavishness, profligacy, profusion, prodigence, lavish.

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