| Roget’s II: The New Thesaurus, Third Edition. 1995. |
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| VERB: | To give in great abundance: heap, rain, shower. See BIG, GIVE. | | ADJECTIVE: | 1. Characterized by excessive or imprudent spending: extravagant, prodigal, profligate, profuse, spendthrift, wasteful. See CAREFUL, EXCESS, SAVE. 2. Characterized by bounteous giving: free, freehanded, generous, handsome, liberal, munificent, openhanded, unsparing, unstinting. See GIVE. 3. Characterized by extravagant, ostentatious magnificence: lush1, luxuriant, luxurious, opulent, palatial, plush, rich, sumptuous. Informal : plushy. See RICH. 4. Given to or marked by unrestrained abundance: extravagant, exuberant, lush1, luxuriant, opulent, prodigal, profuse, riotous, superabundant. See BIG, EXCESS.
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