What is the meaning of lavish?

verb

  • Expend profusely; also used with abstract nouns.
    • usage: "He was showered with praise"

adjective

  • Very generous.
    • usage: "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"
  • Characterized by extravagance and profusion.
    • usage: "a lavish buffet"; "a lucullan feast"
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