lavish

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(lăv'ĭsh) pronunciation
adj.
  1. Characterized by or produced with extravagance and profusion: a lavish buffet. See synonyms at profuse.
  2. Immoderate in giving or bestowing; unstinting: The critics were lavish with their praise.
tr.v., -ished, -ish·ing, -ish·es.
To give or bestow in abundance; shower: lavished attention on his customers.

[Middle English laves, probably from Old French lavasse, downpour, from laver, to wash, from Latin lavāre. See lave.]

lavisher lav'ish·er n.
lavishly lav'ish·ly adv.
lavishness lav'ish·ness n.

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adjective

  1. Characterized by extravagant, ostentatious magnificence: lush1, luxuriant, luxurious, opulent, palatial, plush, rich, sumptuous. Informal plushy. See rich/poor.
  2. Characterized by excessive or imprudent spending: extravagant, prodigal, profligate, profuse, spendthrift, wasteful. See careful/careless, excess/insufficiency/enough, save/waste.
  3. Given to or marked by unrestrained abundance: extravagant, exuberant, lush1, luxuriant, opulent, prodigal, profuse, riotous, superabundant. See big/small/amount, excess/insufficiency/enough.
  4. Characterized by bounteous giving: free, freehanded, generous, handsome, liberal, munificent, openhanded, unsparing, unstinting. See give/take/reciprocity.

verb

    To give in great abundance: heap, rain, shower. See big/small/amount, give/take/reciprocity.


adj

Definition: profuse; splendid
Antonyms: economical, scant, scanty, scarce, small, spare

v

Definition: pamper, shower
Antonyms: begrudge, economize, hoard, limit, skimp, starve

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Dansk (Danish)
adj. - ødsel, flot, rundhåndet, overdådig
v. tr. - ødsle med, bortødsle, slå om sig med, øde

Nederlands (Dutch)
overstelpen met, verkwisten, overvloedig, rijkelijk, kwistig, vrijgevig, gul

Français (French)
adj. - somptueux, généreux, prodigue
v. tr. - prodiguer, se répandre en (louanges)

Deutsch (German)
v. - verschwenden, überschütten
adj. - großzügig, üppig, verschwenderisch

Ελληνική (Greek)
v. - διασπαθίζω, κατασπαταλώ, χαρίζω πλουσιοπάροχα, επιδαψιλεύω
adj. - πλουσιοπάροχος, απλόχερος, σπάταλος, αφειδής, πλούσιος, άφθονος

Italiano (Italian)
scialacquare, abbondante, generoso, eccessivo

Português (Portuguese)
v. - dissipar, dar generosamente
adj. - pródigo, generoso

Русский (Russian)
щедро раздавать, расточать, щедрый, чрезмерный

Español (Spanish)
adj. - lujoso, abundante, profuso, pródigo, generoso, excesivo
v. tr. - prodigar

Svenska (Swedish)
v. - slösa med, vara frikostig med, förslösa
adj. - slösaktig, frikostig, flott, slösande, överflödande, ymnig, påkostad

中文(简体)(Chinese (Simplified))
非常大方的, 浪费的, 过分丰富的, 浪费, 慷慨给予, 滥用

中文(繁體)(Chinese (Traditional))
adj. - 非常大方的, 浪費的, 過分豐富的
v. tr. - 浪費, 慷慨給予, 濫用

한국어 (Korean)
adj. - 아낌없는, 남아도는, 사치스러운
v. tr. - 아낌없이 주다, 낭비하다

日本語 (Japanese)
v. - 浪費する, 惜しまず与える
adj. - 物惜しみしない, 気前のよい, 浪費癖のある, 豊富な, 多すぎる

العربيه (Arabic)
‏(فعل) يجود ب, يبدد, ينفق بغير حساب (صفه) مسرف, مبذر, سخي, وافر منتج بكثرة‏

עברית (Hebrew)
adj. - ‮ניתן בשפע, בזבזני‬
v. tr. - ‮פיזר, בזבז, הרעיף‬


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