Lavish and Mean

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Lavish

Lavish adjective - Going beyond a normal or acceptable limit in degree or amount.
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Mean is an antonym for lavish in profuse topic.
Nearby Words: lavishly, lavished, lavishing

Mean

Mean adjective - Giving or sharing as little as possible.
Usage example: a mean child who hoarded all her toys
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Lavish is an antonym for mean.
Nearby Words: means, meaning, meanness, meant, meanly
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  • Literature / Old Kingdom The first book showed in lavish detail what happens when the Abhorsen and King are not active in the Kingdom, so they're not shown as being selfish or mean — it's just a bad situation.
    Source: Literature / Old Kingdom
  • In Making Money there's Pucci Lavish, who's not only mean, but dumb as a sack of rocks (and at that, let's hope rocks don't complain) and probably wouldn't have survived without money.
    Source: Rich Bitch
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