wretched excess
Frequency: 3.50.9 per million words
Used to describe extreme luxury or waste that is considered distasteful or morally offensive.
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- Washington has always been a city known for its wretched excesses.
- The documentary exposed the wretched excesses of the ruling elite.
- Critics called the golden skyscraper a monument to wretched excess.
- His lavish lifestyle, filled with private jets and champagne baths, was the epitome of wretched excess.
- The film portrays the wretched excesses of 1980s corporate greed.
- Building a personal zoo for one's own amusement is a clear example of wretched excess.
- The public was disgusted by the wretched excess of the royal wedding.
- Many believe that such extreme wealth inequality is a form of societal wretched excess.
- The fallen regime was infamous for its cruelty and wretched excess.
- At what point does luxury cross the line into wretched excess?