Lavish
adjective
Lots of something, often expensively provided or more than necessary.
The couple threw a lavish wedding, sparing no expense on anything.
Often appears as...
- lavish party
- lavish spending
verb
To give something in large or generous amounts.
She lavished so much love and attention on her son.
Often appears as...
- lavish attention
- lavish gifts
adjective
Lots of something, often expensively provided or more than necessary.
The couple threw a lavish wedding, sparing no expense on anything.
Often appears as...
- lavish party
- lavish spending
verb
To give something in large or generous amounts.
She lavished so much love and attention on her son.
Often appears as...
- lavish attention
- lavish gifts
Definition 1 of 2
Pro Tip 1/3Extravagance
Refers to great excess, usually involving money or style in elaborate ways.
Their house was adorned with lavish decorations.
Pro Tip 2/3Not Always Positive
Can imply wastefulness or lack of moderation, not just generosity or wealth.
Critics argue the gala was a lavish and unnecessary display.
Pro Tip 3/3Opulence
Often associated with luxury and wealth, indicates high quality and pricey items.
She wore lavish jewels to the premiere.
Pro Tip 1/3Extravagance
Refers to great excess, usually involving money or style in elaborate ways.
Their house was adorned with lavish decorations.
Pro Tip 2/3Not Always Positive
Can imply wastefulness or lack of moderation, not just generosity or wealth.
Critics argue the gala was a lavish and unnecessary display.
Pro Tip 3/3Opulence
Often associated with luxury and wealth, indicates high quality and pricey items.
She wore lavish jewels to the premiere.
Pro Tip 1/3Extravagance
Refers to great excess, usually involving money or style in elaborate ways.
Their house was adorned with lavish decorations.
Pro Tip 2/3Not Always Positive
Can imply wastefulness or lack of moderation, not just generosity or wealth.
Critics argue the gala was a lavish and unnecessary display.
Pro Tip 3/3Opulence
Often associated with luxury and wealth, indicates high quality and pricey items.
She wore lavish jewels to the premiere.
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Celebrating Mardi Gras...
you'll find pastries like this all over the country and all over the world that they're only served for a certain season during the year in another part of town sally hedrick and her son are making 150 or more ornate costumes these are for the social organizations throwing the lavish balls
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How to Attract a Bird! PIPE...
vocal cop bowerbirds have been encouraged to create colorful gardens generations of hens have become connoisseurs of art bestowing their sexual favors only on the owners of the most lavishly decorated courts every season males construct elaborate Bowers these are highly decorated with all
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History vs. Henry VIII -...
concerned only with his own pleasure and grandiosity. That grandiosity was part of the king’s role as a model for his people. He was a learned scholar and musician who generously patronized the arts, as well as being an imposing warrior and sportsman. And the lavish tournaments he hosted
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How people rationalize...
It is believed that Crundwell felt entitled to a lavish lifestyle based on her position, and the notoriety her winnings brought to the city. It's tempting to think of fraud as a victimless crime because corporations and civic institutions aren't people.
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What caused the French...
and they were the only ones who paid taxes, not just to the king, but to the other Estates as well. In bad harvest years, taxation could leave peasants with almost nothing while the king and nobles lived lavishly on their extracted wealth.
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Our dangerous obsession...
In this new visual culture, the appearance of perfection is far more important than the reality. If one side of the modern landscape that we have so lavishly furnished for young people is this idea that there's a perfectible life
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The rise and fall of the...
With each move, new palaces and temples were erected and lavishly decorated. Although kings claimed absolute power, we know that an extensive system of courtiers, provincial officials, and scholars influenced affairs.
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The tale of the boy who...
Without warning, the boy’s world appeared to shrink. The devil’s grandmother lifted him into the folds of her sleeve, and welcomed her grandson. The old woman set to work, lavishing the devil with food and drink.
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Can we create new senses...
So in the blind and deaf world of the tick, the important signals are temperature and butyric acid; in the world of the black ghost knifefish, its sensory world is lavishly colored by electrical fields;
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A quest to find my...
distillery my father described Uncle David as a kindly yet imposing man who powdered his head and like to give lavish parties for German intellectuals he also reputedly had the largest art
Video examples
Celebrating Mardi Gras...
you'll find pastries like this all over the country and all over the world that they're only served for a certain season during the year in another part of town sally hedrick and her son are making 150 or more ornate costumes these are for the social organizations throwing the lavish balls
Video examples
How to Attract a Bird! PIPE...
vocal cop bowerbirds have been encouraged to create colorful gardens generations of hens have become connoisseurs of art bestowing their sexual favors only on the owners of the most lavishly decorated courts every season males construct elaborate Bowers these are highly decorated with all
Video examples
History vs. Henry VIII -...
concerned only with his own pleasure and grandiosity. That grandiosity was part of the king’s role as a model for his people. He was a learned scholar and musician who generously patronized the arts, as well as being an imposing warrior and sportsman. And the lavish tournaments he hosted
Video examples
How people rationalize...
It is believed that Crundwell felt entitled to a lavish lifestyle based on her position, and the notoriety her winnings brought to the city. It's tempting to think of fraud as a victimless crime because corporations and civic institutions aren't people.
Video examples
What caused the French...
and they were the only ones who paid taxes, not just to the king, but to the other Estates as well. In bad harvest years, taxation could leave peasants with almost nothing while the king and nobles lived lavishly on their extracted wealth.
Video examples
Our dangerous obsession...
In this new visual culture, the appearance of perfection is far more important than the reality. If one side of the modern landscape that we have so lavishly furnished for young people is this idea that there's a perfectible life
Video examples
The rise and fall of the...
With each move, new palaces and temples were erected and lavishly decorated. Although kings claimed absolute power, we know that an extensive system of courtiers, provincial officials, and scholars influenced affairs.
Video examples
The tale of the boy who...
Without warning, the boy’s world appeared to shrink. The devil’s grandmother lifted him into the folds of her sleeve, and welcomed her grandson. The old woman set to work, lavishing the devil with food and drink.
Video examples
Can we create new senses...
So in the blind and deaf world of the tick, the important signals are temperature and butyric acid; in the world of the black ghost knifefish, its sensory world is lavishly colored by electrical fields;
Video examples
A quest to find my...
distillery my father described Uncle David as a kindly yet imposing man who powdered his head and like to give lavish parties for German intellectuals he also reputedly had the largest art
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John Sulston
British Scientist
It was a matter of not living lavishly but enjoying what you had, growing things with your hands, working hard, but not being tied to a nine-to-five job, and generally feeling that there's more to life than money.
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Grace Gealey
American Actress
Let us swell with gratitude and allow it to overwhelm us. It isn't as cliche as we make it; life truly is short. Let's spend it all lavishly wallowing in gratitude.
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Knut Hamsun
Norwegian Author
Today riches and honours have been lavished on me, but one gift has been lacking, the most important one of all, the only one that matters, the gift of youth.
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Thomas Heatherwick
English Designer
Historically, in the world of architecture, enormous amounts of care and energy have been lavished on things that are almost a cliched idea of culture.
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Selah Louise Marley
People look at me, for example, and think I have this perfect lavish life, that it's lit all the time, when that's not true at all.
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Joyner Lucas
American Poet
I'm not trying to make everything this fantasy world about how I'm living this lavish life that I'm not really living.
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Riley Keough
American Actress
I don't spend money on the lavish life, but I spend on excessive green juices.
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Donny Osmond
American Musician
I don't have a lavish lifestyle with expensive cars.
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Shia LaBeouf
American Actor
I don't have to live this lavish lifestyle.
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Roger Wang
American Businessman
I don't have a lavish lifestyle.
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John Sulston
British Scientist
It was a matter of not living lavishly but enjoying what you had, growing things with your hands, working hard, but not being tied to a nine-to-five job, and generally feeling that there's more to life than money.
Quote examples
Grace Gealey
American Actress
Let us swell with gratitude and allow it to overwhelm us. It isn't as cliche as we make it; life truly is short. Let's spend it all lavishly wallowing in gratitude.
Quote examples
Knut Hamsun
Norwegian Author
Today riches and honours have been lavished on me, but one gift has been lacking, the most important one of all, the only one that matters, the gift of youth.
Quote examples
Thomas Heatherwick
English Designer
Historically, in the world of architecture, enormous amounts of care and energy have been lavished on things that are almost a cliched idea of culture.
Quote examples
Selah Louise Marley
People look at me, for example, and think I have this perfect lavish life, that it's lit all the time, when that's not true at all.
Quote examples
Joyner Lucas
American Poet
I'm not trying to make everything this fantasy world about how I'm living this lavish life that I'm not really living.
Quote examples
Riley Keough
American Actress
I don't spend money on the lavish life, but I spend on excessive green juices.
Quote examples
Donny Osmond
American Musician
I don't have a lavish lifestyle with expensive cars.
Quote examples
Shia LaBeouf
American Actor
I don't have to live this lavish lifestyle.
Quote examples
Roger Wang
American Businessman
I don't have a lavish lifestyle.
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