lavish

Universal Words adjective, verb adjective 1 large in amount, or impressive, and usually costing a lot of money SYNEXTRAVAGANT: lavish gifts / costumes / celebrations * They lived a very lavish lifestyle. * They rebuilt the house on an even more lavish scale than before. * It was one of the most lavish weddings I've ever been to. 2 ~ (with / in sth) giving or doing sth generously: He was lavish in his praise for her paintings. lavishly adverb: lavishly decorated / illustrated * She entertains her friends lavishly. verb PHRASALVERBS lavish sth on / upon sb/sth (written) to give a lot of sth, often too much, to sb/sth: She lavishes most of her attention on her youngest son.