Lavish
12th Aug 2021
Lavish Definition:
/ˈlaviSH/
adjective
adjective: lavish
- 1.sumptuously rich, elaborate, or luxurious.
"a lavish banquet"
synonyms: sumptuous, luxurious, luxuriant, lush, gorgeous, costly, opulent, grand, elaborate, splendid, rich, regal, ornate, expensive; More antonyms: meager - (of a person) very generous or extravagant.
"he was lavish with his hospitality"
synonyms: generous, liberal, bountiful, openhanded, unstinting, unsparing, ungrudging, free, munificent, handsome; More antonyms: frugal, mean - spent or given in profusion.
"lavish praise"
synonyms: abundant, copious, ample, superabundant, plentiful, profuse, liberal, prolific, generous; literaryplenteous"lavish amounts of the best quality olive oil"
antonyms: scant
verb
verb: lavish; 3rd person present: lavishes; past tense: lavished; past participle: lavished; gerund or present participle: lavishing
- 1.
bestow something in generous or extravagant quantities on.
"the media couldn't lavish enough praise on the film"
synonyms: give freely, spend, expend, heap, shower, pour, deluge, give generously, give unstintingly, bestow freely; informalblow"she has always lavished money on her children"
antonyms: economize, begrudge - cover something thickly or liberally with.
"she lavished our son with kisses"
- cover something thickly or liberally with.
Origin
late Middle English (as a noun denoting profusion): from Old French lavasse ‘deluge of rain’, from laver‘to wash’, from Latin lavare .