(~es, ~ing, ~ed)
1.
If you describe something as ~, you mean that it is very elaborate and impressive and a lot of money has been spent on it.
...a ~ party to celebrate Bryan’s fiftieth birthday...
He staged the most ~ productions of Mozart...
ADJ
~ly
...the train’s ~ly furnished carriages.
ADV: ADV with v
2.
If you say that spending, praise, or the use of something is ~, you mean that someone spends a lot or that something is praised or used a lot.
Critics attack his ~ spending and flamboyant style...
The book drew ~ praise from literary critics.
= extravagant
ADJ
3.
If you say that someone is ~ in the way they behave, you mean that they give, spend, or use a lot of something.
American reviewers are ~ in their praise of this book...
He was always a ~ spender.
ADJ: oft ADJ in/with n
~ly
Entertaining in style needn’t mean spending ~ly.
ADV: ADV with v
4.
If you ~ money, affection, or praise on someone or something, you spend a lot of money on them or give them a lot of affection or praise.
Prince Sadruddin ~ed praise on Britain’s contributions to world diplomacy...
The emperor promoted the general and ~ed him with gifts.
VERB: V n on/upon n, V n with n