English-Dutch translations for lavish

• kwistig
  Om de pijn voor de verliezers te verzachten is toen kwistig met zetels in het Parlement gestrooid. In order to ease the pain for the losers, Parliament chairs were being handed out lavishly.
  Om een akkoord over de stemmenweging in de Raad te vergemakkelijken is kwistig gestrooid met compenserende zetels in het Europees Parlement. In order to facilitate an agreement on vote weighting in the Council, compensating seats in the European Parliament were distributed lavishly.

Definition of lavish

• Expending or bestowing profusely; profuse; prodigal
• Superabundant; excessive
• To give out extremely generously; to squander
• To give out to extremely generously

Synonyms

• profuse
• prodigal
• wasteful
• extravagant
• exuberant
• immoderate

Examples

• lavish of money;   lavish of praise
• lavish spirits
• lavish meal
• They lavished money on the dinner
• They lavished him with praise

Related words

• slavish
• slavishly
• lavishly
• lavishness
• lavish extravagant