lavish

About 2.09 uses per million words.

Meaning

1. adjective Expending or bestowing profusely; profuse; prodigal.

   lavish of money; lavish of praise

2. adjective Superabundant; excessive.

   lavish spirits

3. adjective Unrestrained, impetuous.
4. adjective Rank or lush with vegetation.
5. verb To give out extremely generously; to squander.

   They lavished money on the dinner.

6. verb To give out to (somebody) extremely generously.

   They lavished him with praise.

7. noun Excessive abundance or expenditure, profusion, prodigality.

Similar words

prodigal plush overgenerous lucullan munificent generous unsparing rich unstinting lush

Often followed by

in and expenditure of use with hand praise on

Word family

lavished lavisher lavishes lavishest lavishing lavishly lavishness lavishnesses