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lavish

adjective
  1. Characterized by extravagant, ostentatious magnificence: lush 1, luxuriant, luxurious, opulent, palatial, plush, rich, sumptuous. Informal: plushy. See rich
  2. Characterized by excessive or imprudent spending: extravagant, prodigal, profligate, profuse, spendthrift, wasteful. See careful, excess, save
  3. Given to or marked by unrestrained abundance: extravagant, exuberant, lush 1, luxuriant, opulent, prodigal, profuse, riotous, superabundant. See big, excess
  4. Characterized by bounteous giving: free, freehanded, generous, handsome, liberal, munificent, openhanded, unsparing, unstinting. See give
verb
To give in great abundance: heap, rain, shower. See big, give

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