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spendy

Syllables: spen·dy/ˈspɛndi/

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pin pen merger[ˈspɪ̟ndɪi̯]

spendy adjective: expensive, costly.

Adjective

spendy (comparative spendier, superlative spendiest)

  1. (British-Columbia, US, especially Upper Midwestern US and Northwestern US) Expensive, costly.
    • Amy: When I get married, I'm gonna register at the UCLA cadaver lab.
      Penny: Eww, why?
      Amy: Cause I've always wanted a whole human skeleton, and they are really spendy.2012 October 4, “The Decoupling Fluctuation”, in The Big Bang Theory, season 6, episode 2, spoken by Amy Farrah Fowler and Penny (Mayim Bialik and Kaley Cuoco)

spendy meaning in Tamil

spendy in Tamil

மிகு விலையுள்ள

Synonyms of spendy

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All synonyms of spendy

Forms of spendy

comparativespendier
superlativespendiest
alternative Australia UKspenny

Origin of spendy

From spend + -y.

Questions about spendy

What does spendy mean?
Spendy means expensive, costly.
What is spendy in Tamil?
Spendy in Tamil is மிகு விலையுள்ள. See Spendy meaning in Tamil.
What part of speech is spendy?
Spendy is an adjective.
How do you pronounce spendy?
Spendy is pronounced /ˈspɛndi/.

Words near spendy in the dictionary

  1. spendthriftism
  2. spendthriftness
  3. spendthrifts
  4. spendthrifty
  5. spendworthy
  6. spendy
  7. Spenerian
  8. Spenerism
  9. Spengler
  10. Spenglerian
  11. Spennithorne

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Adapted from Wiktionary: spendy (page history and authors); spendy (Tamil Wiktionary) (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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