lavish - Meaning and Examples

Meaning of 'lavish' (Webster Dictionary)

1 . Lavish

[ a.]

- Expending or bestowing profusely; profuse; prodigal; as, lavish of money; lavish of praise.
- Superabundant; excessive; as, lavish spirits.

2 . Lavish

[ v. t.]

- To expend or bestow with profusion; to use with prodigality; to squander; as, to lavish money or praise.

1 . lavish

[ v]

Meaning (1):
- expend profusely; also used with abstract nouns

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2 . lavish

[ s]

Meaning (2):
- characterized by extravagance and profusion

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Meaning (3):
- very generous

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a munificent gift;
called for unstinting aid to Britain;
distributed gifts with a lavish hand;
his father gave him a half-dollar and his mother a quarter and he thought them munificent;
his unstinted devotion;
prodigal praise;
the critics were lavish in their praise;
unsparing generosity

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