Definition of lavish

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Lavish (v. t.) To expend or bestow with profusion; to use with prodigality; to squander; as, to lavish money or praise..

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Squander :: Squander (v. i.) To spend lavishly; to be wasteful.
Slavish :: Slavish (a.) Of or pertaining to slaves; such as becomes or befits a slave; servile; excessively laborious; as, a slavish life; a slavish dependance on the great..
Profuse :: Profuse (v. t.) To pour out; to give or spend liberally; to lavish; to squander.
Expensive :: Expensive (a.) Free in expending; very liberal; especially, in a bad scene; extravagant; lavish..
Free :: Free (superl.) Unrestrained; immoderate; lavish; licentious; -- used in a bad sense.
Dissipate :: Dissipate (v. t.) To destroy by wasteful extravagance or lavish use; to squander.
Profusion :: Profusion (n.) The act of one who is profuse; a lavishing or pouring out without sting.
Overlavish :: Overlavish (a.) Lavish to excess.
Thrall-like :: Thrall-like (a.) Resembling a thrall, or his condition, feelings, or the like; slavish..
Unthriftiness :: Unthriftiness (n.) The quality or state or being unthrifty; profuseness; lavishness.
Free :: Free (superl.) Not close or parsimonious; liberal; open-handed; lavish; as, free with his money..
Frugal :: Frugal (n.) Economical in the use or appropriation of resources; not wasteful or lavish; wise in the expenditure or application of force, materials, time, etc.; characterized by frugality; sparing; economical; saving; as, a frugal housekeeper; frugal of time..
Wasteful :: Wasteful (a.) Expending, or tending to expend, property, or that which is valuable, in a needless or useless manner; lavish; prodigal; as, a wasteful person; a wasteful disposition..
Waste :: Waste (a.) To spend unnecessarily or carelessly; to employ prodigally; to expend without valuable result; to apply to useless purposes; to lavish vainly; to squander; to cause to be lost; to destroy by scattering or injury.
Drudgery :: Drudgery (n.) The act of drudging; disagreeable and wearisome labor; ignoble or slavish toil.
Prodigal :: Prodigal (n.) One who expends money extravagantly, viciously, or without necessity; one that is profuse or lavish in any expenditure; a waster; a spendthrift..
Lavishness :: Lavishness (n.) The quality or state of being lavish.
Servile :: Servile (a.) Of or pertaining to a servant or slave; befitting a servant or a slave; proceeding from dependence; hence, meanly submissive; slavish; mean; cringing; fawning; as, servile flattery; servile fear; servile obedience..
Squander :: Squander (v. t.) To spend lavishly or profusely; to spend prodigally or wastefully; to use without economy or judgment; to dissipate; as, to squander an estate..
Launch :: Launch (v. i.) To move with force and swiftness like a sliding from the stocks into the water; to plunge; to make a beginning; as, to launch into the current of a stream; to launch into an argument or discussion; to launch into lavish expenditures; -- often with out..
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