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English adjective: lavish | |||
| 1. | lavish very generous | ||
| Samples | Distributed gifts with a lavish hand. The critics were lavish in their praise. A munificent gift. His father gave him a half-dollar and his mother a quarter and he thought them munificent. Prodigal praise. Unsparing generosity. His unstinted devotion. Called for unstinting aid to Britain. | ||
| Synonyms | munificent, overgenerous, too-generous, unsparing, unstinted, unstinting | ||
| Similar | generous | ||
| Antonyms | stingy, ungenerous | ||
| 2. | lavish characterized by extravagance and profusion | ||
| Samples | A lavish buffet. A lucullan feast. | ||
| Synonyms | lucullan, lush, plush, plushy | ||
| Similar | rich | ||
| Antonyms | poor | ||
English verb: lavish | |||
| 1. | lavish (possession) expend profusely; also used with abstract nouns | ||
| Samples | He was showered with praise. | ||
| Examples | They lavish money on their grandchild | ||
| Synonyms | shower | ||
| Pattern of use | Somebody ----s something on somebody | ||
| Broader (hypernym) | consume, squander, ware, waste | ||
Based on WordNet 3.0 copyright © Princeton University.
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