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lavishing

VERB

pamper, shower

Synonyms

STRONGEST

expend fritter heap squander

STRONG

deluge dissipate give pour scatter spend waste

WEAK

be generous be wasteful go through run through spend money like water thrust upon

Antonyms

STRONGEST

hold save

STRONG

collect gather hoard

WEAK

economize limit starve

Example Sentences

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Wall Street hasn’t exactly been lavishing the stock with praise lately.

From Barron's • Apr. 29, 2026

Companies were growing and bosses were lavishing ever-higher pay and perks.

From The Wall Street Journal • Mar. 30, 2026

“Fat Ham” practices what it preaches by lavishing laughter and delight as it encourages us to take our destinies caressingly in hand.

From Los Angeles Times • Apr. 8, 2024

State media puts out a continuous stream of reports showing the diminutive dictator lavishing gifts on temples, and as a pallbearer at the funerals of senior abbots.

From BBC • Jan. 23, 2024

For half a lifetime we persist in lavishing our love upon a phantom, and, discovering by chance how evil is the wraith, lie down despairing.

From The Maid of Honour, Volume 2 (of 3) A Tale of the Dark Days of France by Wingfield, Lewis