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lavished

verb as in pamper, shower

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Amniyat members get better pay than other Al-Shabab members, with brides and gifts lavished on them.

Beck lavished attention upon her—mostly, it seemed, because she had been seduced by his charms.

Kessenich, to be fair, has also lavished the Iroquois with praise for their skills and sportsmanship in subsequent games.

The president also lavished praise on Joe Biden and Hillary Clinton.

He also lavished praise on Karen Santorum, lauding her for giving up her career to take care of her children.

Deep love, no doubt, is lavished by many a woman on the babe she has nursed.

He was in possession of an independent fortune of seven thousand pounds a year, which he lavished in costly fopperies.

Kings and princes had sought for his friendship; queens and princesses had lavished on him their sweetest smiles.

Philip lavished great sums upon them, and was besides said to spend 23,000 ducats a year in Flanders in the same way.

I took him up in my arms, and he threw his little hands about my neck, and lavished on me the tenderest caresses.

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On this page you'll find 25 synonyms, antonyms, and words related to lavished, such as: expend, squander, heap, fritter, deluge, and give.

From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.

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