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UK
/lˈævɪʃ/
]
[ US /ˈɫævɪʃ/ ]
[ US /ˈɫævɪʃ/ ]
ADJECTIVE
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very generous
a munificent gift
the critics were lavish in their praise
a munificent gift
called for unstinting aid to Britain
unsparing generosity
prodigal praise
his father gave him a half-dollar and his mother a quarter and he thought them munificent
distributed gifts with a lavish hand
his unstinted devotion -
characterized by extravagance and profusion
a lucullan feast
a lavish buffet
VERB
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expend profusely; also used with abstract nouns
He was showered with praise
How To Use lavish In A Sentence
- This gorgeous, homemade tiki fireplace complete with smoking nostrils is lavishly documented in this build log. Boing Boing: February 12, 2006 - February 18, 2006 Archives
- You get home and the last thing on your mind is concocting a lavish meal for two or three or however many of your children deign to put in an appearance for this meal!
- On the ground she was fêted with lavish hospitality by friends waiting at every far-flung airfield to whisk her off to a celebratory feast.
- They rebuilt the house on an even more lavish scale than before.
- He struck me as a sincere and romantic person that hadn't had the chance to find love and instead had enjoyed the attention the women had lavished on him.
- There was also a live concert of indigenous music and a lavish banquet.
- It's not the affection that she enjoys, but rather the lavish gifts that are tossed her way.
- This restaurant offers a buffet with a wide selection of traditional boerekos such as tomato bredie, chicken pie and a lavish carvery, as well as Malay curries and bobotie. Muti
- He threw some of the most lavish parties Fort Worth had ever seen.
- Their lavish do was paid for by a glossy magazine. The Sun