Lush 1100 Words You Need Lush 1100 Words You Need /lʌʃ/ (adj) (especially of plants and vegetables): growing vigorously and luxuriantly, verdant, abundant, thriving, prolific, fertile, blossoming, leafy, grassy, blooming lavish, luxurious, opulent, profligate, sumptuous, deluxe, upmarket, rich Eliza paused. Her only link? What of the other items that had been stolen? Likely they were …
Fulsome 1100 Words You Need Fulsome 1100 Words You Need /ˈfʊls(ə)m/ (adj) excessive, too extreme, insincere, excessively complimentary, flattering, immoderate, sycophantic, obsequious, lavish, overgenerous, fawning Fulsome has a useful meaning as insincerely gushing, cloying and annoyingly excessive. I’ve written here in the past that this meaning is under siege. Now I’d say it’s on life …
Profligate 1100 Words You Need Profligate 1100 Words You Need /ˈprɒf.lɪ.gət/ (adj) extremely wasteful with money, extravagant, reckless, squandering, too generous behaving in an immoral way, low with morals, uncouth, immoral, wicked, dissolute In reference to the urgent challenge of climate change, he says, “Human activity has become so great that our profligate use of …
Abundant Abundant (adj) /əˈbʌn.dənt/ existing in great quantities – plentiful, more than enough, profuse, copious, ample, lavish: Many young people immigrate to developed countries in search of abundant opportunities. Antonyms scarce, rare Parts of Speech Noun: abundance Adverb: abundantly Verb: abound
Squander Squander (verb) /ˈskwɒn.dəʳ/ US /ˈskwɑːn.dɚ/ to use or spend something precious in an extravagant and wasteful manner – waste – spend – throw away – lavish: The sage advised his grandchildren not to squander their life opportunities. Parts of Speech Noun: squanderer Antonyms save, conserve, hoard