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lavish
/ˈlævɪʃ/
adj 4verb 2noun 1
Collocations
4ADJ.
green, living
VERB + LAVISH
continued, deal, enjoyed, lives, wedding
LAVISH + NOUN
affair, algeria, layla, lifestyle, mansion, mansions, material, money
PREP.
in, in, with, with
Definitions
adj
1
Expending or bestowing profusely; profuse; prodigal.
lavish of money; lavish of praise
The day was cool and snappy for August, and the Rise all green with a lavish nature. Now we plunged into a deep shade with the boughs lacing each other overhead, and crossed dainty, rustic bridges over the cold trout-streams, the boards giving back the clatter of our horses' feet:[…].
2
Superabundant; excessive.
lavish spirits
lavish meal
3
Unrestrained, impetuous.
Thou wilt repent theſe lauiſh words of thine
4
Rank or lush with vegetation.
[…] Thro’ lands where not a leaf was dumb; But all the lavish hills would hum The murmur of a happy Pan: […]
verb
1
To give out extremely generously; to squander.
They lavished money on the dinner.
2
To give out to (somebody) extremely generously.
They lavished him with praise.
noun
1
Excessive abundance or expenditure, profusion, prodigality.
Thesaurus
Synonyms
verb — expend profusely
adjective — very generous
- munificent
- overgenerous
- too-generous
- unsparing
- unstinted
- unstinting
Antonyms
Idioms & Phrases
Example Bank
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lavish of money; lavish of praise
Wiktionary02
The day was cool and snappy for August, and the Rise all green with a lavish nature. Now we plunged into a deep shade with the boughs lacing each other overhead, and crossed dainty, rustic bridges ove
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Mind you, clothes were clothes in those days. There was a great deal of them, lavish both in material and in workmanship.
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They lavished money on the dinner.
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They lavished him with praise.
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The real estate broker was lavish in his spending in Ginza.
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