Definitions for: Lavish


[adj] 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"
[adj] characterized by extravagance and profusion; "a lavish buffet"; "a lucullan feast"
[v] expend profusely; also used with abstract nouns; "He was showered with praise"



Webster (1913) Definition: Lav"ish (l[a^]v"[i^]sh), a. [Akin to E. lave to lade
out; cf. AS. gelafian to refresh, G. laben.]
1. Expending or bestowing profusely; profuse; prodigal; as,
lavish of money; lavish of praise.

2. Superabundant; excessive; as, lavish spirits.

Let her have needful, but not lavish, means. --Shak.

Syn: Profuse; prodigal; wasteful; extravagant; exuberant;
immoderate. See Profuse.


Lav"ish, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Lavished (-[i^]sht); p.
pr. & vb. n. Lavishing.]
To expend or bestow with profusion; to use with prodigality;
to squander; as, to lavish money or praise.

Synonyms: generous, lucullan, lush, munificent, overgenerous, plush, plushy, prodigal, rich, shower, too-generous, unsparing, unstinted, unstinting

See Also: blow, squander

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