| 1 |
[ adjective ] very generous
Examples "distributed gifts with a lavish hand" "the critics were lavish in their praise" "a munificent gift" "prodigal praise" "unsparing generosity" "his unstinted devotion" "called for unstinting aid to Britain" Used in print (St. Louis Post-Dispatch,...)Speakers at a Tipoff_Club dinner dealt lavish praise to a group of St._Louis_University players who , in the words of Coach_John_Benington , `` had more confidence in themselves than I did '' . Related terms |
| 2 |
[ verb ] expend profusely; also used with abstract nouns
Synonyms Examples : "He was showered with praise" Used in print (Los Angeles Times...)Hence the attention they 're lavishing on the CDC . (Perry Miller "Theodore Parker: Apostasy within Liberalism"...)Grant all this - still , when modern Unitarianism and the Harvard_Divinity_School recall with humorous affection the insults Parker lavished upon them , or_else argue that after_all Parker received the treatment he invited , they betray an uneasy conscience . |
| 3 |
[ adjective ] very generous
Examples "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"; Related terms |
| 4 | |
| * |
|