Synonyms for lavishness
| Grammar : Noun |
| Spell : lav-ish |
| Phonetic Transcription : ˈlæv ɪʃ |
Top 10 synonyms for lavishness
Définition of lavishness
Origin :- 1540s, from lavish (adj.). Related: Lavished; lavishing.
- noun extravagance
- noun plenty
- noun generosity
- 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
Antonyms for lavishness
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