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lavishing

verb as in pamper, shower

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Nearly every man I know has imagined himself between two women lavishing him with sexual favors.

Bravo Delta himself seems even more uncomfortable with the attention than his fans are with lavishing it.

The Obama administration is lavishing $3.2 trillion in constant dollars even before its costly health-care reform takes effect.

This practice would be less problematic if he was actually lavishing his charges with vanilla, chocolate, or strawberry.

The stock opened at $83, lavishing an instant 84 percent windfall on their money.

It was nearly a year's value of the subsidies which Great Britain was lavishing on the general war.

There is the little girl playing with her doll, and lavishing on her all the love and care of a tender mother.

Mrs. Grantly was very loving with her, lavishing upon her pretty presents, and words that were prettier than the presents.

I have no further use for lavishing myself on a beautiful, elegantly dressed creature, who thinks only of self.

Paul felt, even while she was lavishing her caresses upon him, that she might too probably turn and rend him before he left her.

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On this page you'll find 25 synonyms, antonyms, and words related to lavishing, 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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