lavish

lavish
adj
1. generous, unstinting, open-handed, bountiful, liberal, big-hearted, great-hearted, unselfish, princely; extravagant, excessive, wasteful, profligate, squandering, improvident, prodigal, thriftless, intemperate; epicurean, sybaritic, unrestrained, wild.
2. profuse, excessive, fulsome, immoderate, exaggerated; in excess, overmuch, superfluous, redundant, Fr. de trop. unnecessary, surplus, unwarranted, inordinate; effusive, overly emotional, grandiloquent, overdone, Inf. a bit much, overwhelming.
3. limitless, unlimited, myriad, unmeasured, plenty, plenteous, plentiful, abundant, superabundant, copious, ample, abounding, unstinted, wholesale; luxuriant, opulent, ornate, Byzantine, sumptuous, gorgeous, rich, costly, dear; ostentatious, pretentious, showy, Inf. ritzy, Inf. fancy, Inf. high-falutin; imposing, splendid, Inf. splashy, Inf. swanky, Inf. swank, Inf. spiff, Inf. jazzy, Inf. toney. —v
4. heap, pour, shower, spill, be generous with, bestow, give freely, thrust upon; waste, squander, dissipate, drain, exhaust; Inf. fling away, Inf. throw away, Inf. run through, spend recklessly, Inf. scatter to the winds.

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