Antonyms for lavishness

Grammar : Noun

Spell : lav-ish

Phonetic Transcription : ˈlæv ɪʃ

Definition of lavishness

Origin : 1540s, from lavish (adj.). Related: Lavished; lavishing.

noun extravagance
noun plenty
noun generosity

Example sentences :

He has given in his diary some accounts of the lavishness of the Philadelphia larder.
Extract from : « Home Life in Colonial Days » by Alice Morse Earle

Then at the thought of this lavishness Olivia was stricken dumb.
Extract from : « Doctor Luttrell's First Patient » by Rosa Nouchette Carey

Lavishness or thrift, alike they proved a mothers affection.
Extract from : « Ainslee's, Vol. 15, No. 5, June 1905 » by Various

He had been spending money with a lavishness that he wondered at now.
Extract from : « A Little Girl of Long Ago » by Amanda Millie Douglas

In such a case, luxury becomes a duty, and lavishness the truest economy.
Extract from : « Aladdin & Co. » by Herbert Quick

Everything that lavishness could do was done there, and all in such lovely taste, too!
Extract from : « Old Judge Priest » by Irvin S. Cobb

There should be heartiness and lavishness about it,—profusion and brilliance.
Extract from : « The Expositor's Bible » by George Adam Smith

Here it is, this lavishness of life which he dreamt of, which they both dreamt of.
Extract from : « The Old House and Other Tales » by Feodor Sologub

She sheds it on me hourly with a lavishness which scares me.
Extract from : « Simon the Jester » by William J. Locke

But a millionaire's lavishness can only be compared with his eagerness for gain.
Extract from : « Scenes from a Courtesan's Life » by Honore de Balzac

Synonyms for lavishness

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