lavishing

Meaning of lavishing

verb, gerund or present participle
  1. bestow something in generous or extravagant quantities on.
    the media couldn't lavish enough praise on the film

late Middle English (as a noun denoting profusion): from Old French lavasse ‘deluge of rain’, from laver ‘to wash’, from Latin lavare .

Information about lavishing

  • It is a verb.
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Hyphenation of lavishing

lav-ish-ing

  • It consists of 3 syllables and 9 chars.
  • lavishing is a word trisyllabic because it has three syllables

lavishing synonyms

Meaning give (money) to pay for goods, services, or so as to benefit someone or something:

spend

Meaning spend or use up (a resource such as money or energy):

expend

Meaning put (objects or a loose substance) in a heap:

heap

Meaning give a great number of things to (someone):

shower

Meaning flow rapidly in a steady stream:

pour

Meaning overwhelm with a flood:

deluge

Meaning spend recklessly:

blow

lavishing antonyms

Meaning spend less; reduce one's expenses:

economize

Meaning envy (someone) the possession or enjoyment of (something):

begrudge

Words that rhyme with lavishing

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