Synonyms:
lavish, munificent, overgenerous, too-generous, unsparing, unstinted, unstinting
Meaning: 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"
verb
meaning of the word
Synonyms:
lavish, shower
Meaning: expend profusely; also used with abstract nouns; "He was showered with praise"
Usage examples
There was a lavish expenditure of bread and cold meats, coffee, and pickles and cheese.
Guided by them, they owe them nothing; they honor them, however, and lavish upon them praise and approbation.
Yes, Sir John, on me you have not ceased to lavish every available treasure and token of your unbounded love.
The rich are not at ease in spending their wealth only on themselves, and lavish it on works of public utility.
The rare richness and lavish beauty of the Wellington mausoleum are only surpassed by a certain tomb in France.
To satisfy this lavish expenditure, she must incessantly, by means of feeding, fill her silk-glands as and when she empties them by spinning.
It was one of those wild streams that lavish, among our romantic solitudes, unheeded beauties enough to fill the sketch-book of a hunter of the picturesque.
A glance showed Alison that Marcia had placed her dresser and table close to the window and strewn them with photographs and toilet articles in lavish profusion.
Simple tradesmen jumped their counters to become extemporized captains, colonels, and generals, without having ever passed the School of Instruction at West Point; nevertheless; they quickly rivaled their compeers of the old continent, and, like them, carried off victories by dint of lavish expenditure in ammunition, money, and men.
Charity receives fraternally all guests and new-comers, and makes us treat them as we would wish to be treated under similar circumstances. It also causes us to lavish testimonies of affection on those who are setting out, and warns us to be very careful of saying or doing anything that may in the least degree offend even the most susceptible.