profuse

profuse: profuse; lavish, prodigal, luxuriant, lush, exuberant carry as their basic meaning giving out or given out in great abundance.

What is profuse seems to pour or be poured forth in abundance, without restraint, or in a stream

{
profuse apologies
}

{
profuse sweating
}

{
pourest thy full heart in profuse strains of unpremeditated art— Shelley
}

{
a land where life was great . . . and beauty lay profuse— Browning
}

What is lavish is so exceedingly profuse as to suggest, positively, munificence or extravagance or, negatively, the absence of all stint or moderation

{
lavish gifts
}

{
a lavish feast
}

{
lavish expenditures
}

{
the lavish attentions of his mother— Meredith
}

{
our lavish use of a bountiful supply of crude oil— Morrison
}

What is prodigal gives or is given so lavishly and so recklessly as to suggest waste or the ultimate exhaustion of re-sources

{
chary of praise and prodigal of counsel— Stevenson
}

{
the prodigal expenditures of the recent war— M. W. Childs
}

{
he had been prodigal with his money and she probably imagined that he was still in funds— Cliff Farrell
}

What is luxuriant produces or is produced in great and rich abundance; the term usually connotes not only profusion but gorgeousness or splendor in what is produced

{
her luxuriant hair
}

{
the luxuriant imagination of Milton
}

{
this damp and mild climate makes possible the most luxuriant forest growth— Forde
}

{
rich and luxuriant beauty; a beauty that shone with deep and vivid tints— Hawthorne
}

What is lush is not only luxuriant but has reached the peak of its perfection; the term distinctively connotes richness, fullness of development, or luxuriousness

{
how lush and lusty the grass looks! how green!— Shak.
}

{
the lush . . . full-blown landscape of the south through which they had set out that morning— Jan Struther
}

{
the fabulous period of the Nineties, that lush, plush, glittering era with all its sentimentality and opulence and ostentation— S. H. Hay
}

What is exuberant produces or is produced so abundantly or luxuriantly as to suggest exceedingly great vigor, vitality, or creative power; the term applies chiefly to persons or their words, emotions, or qualities that display a vigor or vitality that is almost rampant

{
an exuberant fancy
}

{
the exuberant genius of Shakespeare
}

{
to restrain my too exuberant gesture—Mary Austin
}

{
exuberant energy
}

{
actually, in the present context, all our exuberant post-Sputnik talk is irrelevant and even nonsensical— Huxley
}

Analogous words: copious, abundant (see PLENTIFUL): *excessive, immoderate, extravagant: *liberal, bountiful, bounteous, openhanded, munificent, generous

Antonyms: spare, scanty, scant

Contrasted words: *meager, skimpy, scrimpy, exiguous, sparse

Игры ⚽ Поможем решить контрольную работу

Synonyms:

Lavish, prodigal, improvident, extravagant, wasteful, too liberal, too bountiful / Exuberant, over-abounding, in profusion, bountiful

Look at other dictionaries:

Profuse — Pro*fuse , a. [L. profusus, p. p. of profundere to pour forth or out; pro forward, forth + fundere to pour: cf. F. profus. See {Fuse} to melt.] 1. Pouring forth with fullness or exuberance; bountiful; exceedingly liberal; giving without stint; as … The Collaborative International Dictionary of English
profuse — [prō fyo͞os′, prəfyo͞os′] adj. [ME < L profusus, pp. of profundere, to pour out < pro , forth + fundere, to pour: see PRO 2 & FOUND3] 1. giving or pouring forth freely; generous, often to excess: usually with in [profuse in her apologies] 2 … English World dictionary
Profuse — Pro*fuse , v. t. To pour out; to give or spend liberally; to lavish; to squander. [Obs.] Chapman. [1913 Webster] … The Collaborative International Dictionary of English
profuse — I adjective abounding, abundant, affluent, ample, boundless, bounteous, bountiful, copious, countless, crowded, diffuse, discursive, effusus, endless, excessive, exorbitant, extravagant, exuberant, flush, full, garrulous, generous, illimitable,… … Law dictionary
profuse — early 15c., from L. profusus spread out, lavish, extravagant, lit. poured forth, prop. pp. of profundere pour forth, from pro forth + fundere to pour (see FOUND (Cf. found) (2)). Related: Profusive; profusively … Etymology dictionary
profuse — [adj] abundant, excessive abounding, alive with*, ample, aplenty, bounteous, bountiful, copious, crawling with*, dime a dozen*, extravagant, extreme, exuberant, fulsome, galore, generous, immoderate, lavish, liberal, lush, luxuriant, no end*,… … New thesaurus
profuse — ► ADJECTIVE 1) plentiful; abundant. 2) archaic extravagant. DERIVATIVES profusely adverb profuseness noun profusion noun. ORIGIN Latin profusus lavish, spread out … English terms dictionary
profuse — adjective 1) profuse apologies Syn: copious, prolific, abundant, liberal, unstinting, fulsome, effusive, extravagant, lavish, gushing; informal over the top, gushy 2) profuse blooms Syn … Thesaurus of popular words
profuse — adjective Etymology: Middle English, from Latin profusus, past participle of profundere to pour forth, from pro forth + fundere to pour more at found Date: 15th century 1. pouring forth liberally ; extravagant < profuse in their thanks > 2.… … New Collegiate Dictionary
profuse — adj. (cannot stand alone) profuse in (profuse in one s apologies) * * * [prə fjuːs] (cannot stand alone) profuse in (profuse in one s apologies) … Combinatory dictionary

Academic Dictionaries and Encyclopedias

profuse

Look at other dictionaries:

Share the article and excerpts

Academic Dictionaries and Encyclopedias

New Dictionary of Synonyms

profuse

Look at other dictionaries:

Share the article and excerpts

Direct link