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lavish
adj. expended in large quantities; generous; extravagant, wasteful
 
v. give in large amounts, expend in great quantities


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lavish
Verb
1. expend profusely; also used with abstract nouns; "He was showered with praise"
(synonym) shower
(hypernym) consume, squander, waste, ware
Adjective
1. 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"
(synonym) munificent, overgenerous, prodigal, too-generous, unsparing, unstinted, unstinting
(similar) generous
2. characterized by extravagance and profusion; "a lavish buffet"; "a lucullan feast"
(synonym) lucullan, lush, plush, plushy
(similar) rich



Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)Download this dictionary
Lavish
(v. t.)
To expend or bestow with profusion; to use with prodigality; to squander; as, to lavish money or praise.
  
 
(a.)
Superabundant; excessive; as, lavish spirits.
  
 
(a.)
Expending or bestowing profusely; profuse; prodigal; as, lavish of money; lavish of praise.
  

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excellence English-Urdu DictionaryDownload this dictionary
lavish
adj.
1. extravagant
فضول خرچ, مسرف, خراج, شاہ خرچ
2. superfluous
بہت, فراواں, زيادہ, وافر, کثير, بےاندازہ
3. wild
آوارہ, سرگرداں
lavish
v. a.
ضائع کرنا, اڑانا, اسرف کرنا, بےفائدہ خرچ کرنا,

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lavish
Synonyms and related words:
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