LAVISHED Synonyms: 53 Similar and Opposite Words

lavished

verb

past tense of lavish

as in heaped

to give readily and in large quantities doting parents lavishing lots of attention on their children

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as in spent

to use up carelessly a great actor who lavished his talent in lousy movies

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Recent Examples of lavished The two governors, who mended fences after clashing over last year’s Proposition 50 redistricting campaign, lavished praise on each other for their climate bona fides. — Lia Russell, Sacbee.com, 15 Oct. 2026 The messages quickly took on a romantic tone, the lawsuit claims, all while the coach allegedly lavished the player with gifts, including direct payment of some $450 and AirPods worth another $400. — Jakob Rodgers, Mercury News, 2 Sep. 2026 Its following includes Emmy voters, who lavished the series with 19 nominations, the most of any new series this year. — Glenn Whipp, Los Angeles Times, 10 Aug. 2026 Critics lavished praise on the film, so much so that chatter about potential Oscar attention kicked up in Hollywood. — Brooks Barnes, New York Times, 1 Aug. 2026 While many soccer fans and media observers have given Fox a mixed report card compared with ESPN, Pitaro lavished praise on his competitor. — Dade Hayes, Deadline, 16 July 2026 Although much attention was lavished on their July 1986 royal wedding, their married life was complicated by scandal. — Bailey Bujnosek, InStyle, 11 July 2026 The old temples of Tamil Nadu are a treasure-trove of forms incised on stone or magicked from brass, and lavished daily with fruit and flowers, incense and sandalwood, music and light. — Chandrahas Choudhury, Condé Nast Traveler, 5 July 2026 Likewise, Wong’s bricks are beyond compare in the attention lavished on each individual building block. — Lori Waxman, Chicago Tribune, 10 June 2026

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Trump has blamed high global fuel prices on Ukraine, and heaped pressure on Ukrainian President Volodymr Zelensky to halt strikes on Russian refineries even as Russia continues its attacks on Ukraine’s towns, cities, and energy infrastructure.

— Helen Regan, CNN Money, 29 Oct. 2026
Hundreds of travelers heaped additional praise on the small European country, which has a population of more than 2 million people, per the Statistical Office of the Republic of Slovenia.

— Michael Cappetta, Travel + Leisure, 20 Oct. 2026

Definition of heaped

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Campbell, a 69-year-old Democrat, spent years in the House and Senate before losing her seat in a primary race in 2018.

— Miami Herald staff, Miami Herald, 4 Nov. 2026
Donalds, 48, who spent most of his career in the finance industry, has served two terms in Congress and two terms in the Florida House.

— Catherine Welch, NPR, 4 Nov. 2026

Definition of spent

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Elon Musk poured nearly half a billion dollars into the midterms to support Republican candidates, most to help Ken Paxton defeat Democrat James Talarico in the Texas Senate race.

— Chris Isidore, CNN Money, 5 Nov. 2026
Quientella Bonner scored 45 points in 1977, Merlakia Jones scored 44 in 1995 and Ronni Williams poured in 43 points in 2017.

— Edgar Thompson, The Orlando Sentinel, 5 Nov. 2026

Definition of poured

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Republicans not only lost the House, but watched as their hope of keeping a Senate majority slipped away, too — a blue tsunami that was quickly interpreted as a rebuke of the president and his agenda.

— David Sivak, The Washington Examiner, 4 Nov. 2026
The spot sparked national bipartisan backlash on grounds that Acton's mother had lost custody of her children decades ago after her husband, their stepfather, was indicted for raping Acton as a child.

— Arkansas Online, Arkansas Online, 4 Nov. 2026

Definition of lost

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With all this attention showered onto us voters, one can be forgiven for holding the faint hope that the candidates truly care about our ideas and yearn for our engagement.

— Chicago Tribune, Chicago Tribune, 1 Nov. 2026
The only fans left to make noise were the traveling Laker faithful who showered the road team with cheers at the buzzer.

— Los Angeles Times, Los Angeles Times, 27 Oct. 2026

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