Associations to the word «Lavish»

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.

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".