lavish definition

1. expend profusely; also used with abstract nouns
• examples: He was showered with praise
2. very generous
• examples: distributed gifts with a lavish hand
• examples: the critics were lavish in their praise
• examples: a munificent gift
• examples: his father gave him a half-dollar and his mother a quarter and he thought them munificent
• examples: prodigal praise
• examples: unsparing generosity
• examples: his unstinted devotion
• examples: called for unstinting aid to Britain
3. characterized by extravagance and profusion
• examples: a lavish buffet
• examples: a lucullan feast