lavishing
Giving without restraint
Lavishing is giving generously or extravagantly, often to excess.
You lavish attention, praise, gifts, or money on someone or something: She was lavishing affection on the new puppy.
The word implies abundance that may border on overindulgence—more than strictly necessary, driven by enthusiasm or devotion.
Excessively affectionate toward
- adoringShowing deep affection
- smotheringDepriving of air
- coddlingOverindulgent, protective treatment
- pamperingLavish attentive care
spoiling · fussing · cherishing · treasuring · nurturing · cosseting · caressing · cuddling
Formally giving something
- showeringWashing under water spray
- heapingOverfull, mounded above
- givingTransferring to another
- giftingGiving something freely
granting · conferring · presenting · endowing · donating · bequeathing · distributing · imparting
Satisfying a craving
- treatingDealing with medically
- pamperingLavish attentive care
- spoilingCausing ruin or decay
- decadenceMoral decline through excess
opulence · sumptuousness · splendor · extravagance · richness · grandeur · plushness · finery
Reckless depletion of resources
- wastingUsing poorly, inefficiently
- splurgingSpending freely, excessively
- overspendingExceeding one's budget
- blowingMoving air forcefully
frittering · dissipating · prodigal · profligate · extravagant · reckless · unrestrained · immoderate
Voicing approval or admiration
- flatteringExcessively praising, often insincerely
- extollingPraising with enthusiasm
- laudingVoicing high esteem
- glorifyingPraising to excess
celebrating · honoring · acclaiming · applauding · commending · adulating · eulogizing · gushing
doting
Excessively affectionate toward
- adoringShowing deep affection
- smotheringDepriving of air
- coddlingOverindulgent, protective treatment
pampering · spoiling · fussing · cherishing · treasuring · nurturing · cosseting · caressing · cuddling · embracing
bestowing
Formally giving something
gifting · granting · conferring · presenting · endowing · donating · bequeathing · distributing · imparting · pouring
indulging
Satisfying a craving
decadence · opulence · sumptuousness · splendor · extravagance · richness · grandeur · plushness · finery · elegance
squandering
Reckless depletion of resources
- wastingUsing poorly, inefficiently
- splurgingSpending freely, excessively
- overspendingExceeding one's budget
blowing · frittering · dissipating · prodigal · profligate · extravagant · reckless · unrestrained · immoderate · overindulging
complimenting
Voicing approval or admiration
- flatteringExcessively praising, often insincerely
- extollingPraising with enthusiasm
- laudingVoicing high esteem
glorifying · celebrating · honoring · acclaiming · applauding · commending · adulating · eulogizing · gushing · fawning
- depletingusing up, depleting, exhausting, draining, consuming
- overparentinghelicopter parenting, helicopter parent, overprotective, overprotection, overprotecting
lavishingwithholding
Keeping from another
begrudging · stinting · skimping · denying · rationing
lavishingsaving
Reserving for future use
economizing · conserving · hoarding · penny-pinching · scrimping