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Significados de prodigal em inglês

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A recklessly extravagant consumer.

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Very generous; giving (money, praise, etc.) in abundance.

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Recklessly wasteful.

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Prodigal.

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Examples for "extravagant"
Examples for "extravagant"
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He had extravagant ideas of beginning in some much more fundamental way.
The Research Magnificent
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They are both extravagant turkey dinner occasions that last for several days.
The Irish Times
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Paul had never been particularly adept at accepting compliments, especially extravagant ones.
Paul of dune
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This grievance was rooted in the idea that she was ruinously extravagant.
Complete Project Gutenberg Works of George Meredith
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You have always heard me extravagant in the praises of the situation.
The Letters of Horace Walpole, Earl of Orford — Volume 2
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Ninety minutes for the paymaster to give the profligate state a drubbing.
Reuters
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They kept their promise, and discovered him in the most profligate society.
The Wits and Beaux of Society. Volume 1
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Yet, though profligate in one respect, he was temperate in every other.
History of the United Netherlands from the Death of William the ...
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If we choose the branch that continues our profligate habits, we will.
The Irish Times
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A lady has two sisters of the most profligate and unprincipled character.
Lives of the Necromancers
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Many Britons regard the EU as an incompetent, spendthrift source of bureaucracy.
Reuters
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And yes indeed, he really was a spendthrift with his duct tape.
Dearly Devoted Dexter
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The miser has no friends; but the spendthrift has generally too many.
Pebbles on the shore [by] Alpha of the plough
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This spendthrift folly will have to be paid for in the future.
Women's Wild Oats: Essays on the Re-fixing of Moral Standards
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No more will the Irish offer Aran jumpers to spendthrift American tourists.
The Irish Times
Uso de prodigal em inglês
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The summer was splendid in its promise and prodigal in its favors.
The Young Trailers: A Story of Early Kentucky
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She was expansive in her person, prodigal in sympathy, exuberant in dress.
The Divine Fire
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And the parable of the prodigal son teaches us the same lesson.
The Life of Jesus Christ for the Young, Vol. 3
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He is as prodigal in this respect as Caruso in his moments.
Nights in London
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The covetous prodigal is of all others the worst man in society.
Isaac Bickerstaff, Physician and Astrologer
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Of all the houses in Bainbridge theirs alone was prodigal of space.
The Window-Gazer
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The prodigal son may have had illusions; he may have had ambitions.
Watch Yourself Go By
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It was four o'clock in the afternoon when she called the prodigal.
The Last Spike / And Other Railroad Stories
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By faith, I could fully trust the poor prodigal in his hand.
A Woman's Life-Work — Labors and Experiences of Laura S. Havilan...
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Robert could think of nothing but the parable of the prodigal son.
Robert Falconer
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I did so, and came upon the parable of the prodigal son.
The Little Savage
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Mr. Cardew took for his text the parable of the prodigal son.
Catharine Furze
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The story of the prodigal son was a great joke to him.
From the Bottom Up: The Life Story of Alexander Irvine
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Furthermore, the Irish will be led by Munster's prodigal son Keith Wood.
The Irish Times
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No other songster save the vireo is so prodigal of his minstrelsy.
See America First
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You are returning, like the prodigal, with the feelings of a servant.
Sermons Preached at Brighton / Third Series
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Prodigal ao longo do tempo
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