Associations to the word «Lavish»
Noun
- Caress
- Extravagance
- Praise
- Magnificence
- Affection
- Gift
- Hospitality
- Wealth
- Tenderness
- Splendor
- Decoration
- Favourite
- Furnishing
- Luxury
- Patronage
- Ornament
- Kindness
- Expense
- Treasure
- Scenery
- Elegance
- Compliment
- Admiration
- Sum
- Money
- Rich
- Nobles
- Fortune
- Favour
- Taste
- Flattery
- Lifestyle
- Palace
- Jewelry
- Promise
- Expenditure
- Reward
- Banquet
- Ballet
- Jewel
- Comfort
- Nobility
- Generosity
- Costume
- Adoration
- Attention
- Festivity
- Spending
- Richness
- Enjoyment
- Mansion
- Censure
- Devotion
- Ingenuity
- Epithet
- Wedding
- Feast
- Gratitude
- Eloquence
- Stucco
- Bounty
- Spectacle
- Deco
Adjective
Wiktionary
LAVISH, adjective. Expending or bestowing profusely; profuse; prodigal.
LAVISH, adjective. Superabundant; excessive; as, lavish spirits.
LAVISH, verb. (transitive) To expend or bestow with profusion; to use with prodigality; to squander; as, to lavish money or praise.
Dictionary definition
LAVISH, verb. Expend profusely; also used with abstract nouns; "He was showered with praise".
LAVISH, adjective. Very generous; "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".
LAVISH, adjective. Characterized by extravagance and profusion; "a lavish buffet"; "a lucullan feast".
Wise words
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