Definitions for lavish

Definitions for (verb) lavish

Main entry: lavish, shower

Definition: expend profusely; also used with abstract nouns

Usage: He was showered with praise


Definitions for (adj) lavish

Main entry: lavish, overgenerous, munificent, too-generous, unsparing, unstinted, unstinting

Definition: very generous

Usage: 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


Main entry: lucullan, lush, lavish, plush, plushy

Definition: characterized by extravagance and profusion

Usage: a lavish buffet; a lucullan feast


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