profuse
Y
D
–adjective
1. spending or giving freely and in large amount, often to excess;
extravagant (often fol. by in): profuse [praise].
2. made or done freely and
abundantly: profuse [apologies].
3. abundant; in great amount.
—Synonyms
1. See lavish. 3. See ample.
unstinted, extravagant, wasteful, improvident (無先見之明); generous, openhanded (大方),. Lavish, prodigal, profuse refer to that which exists in abundance and is poured out copiously.
Lavish suggests (sometimes excessive)
generosity
and
openhandedness: lavish [hospitality]; much [too] lavish.
Prodigal suggests
wastefulness,
improvidence (淺見), and reckless impatience of restraint: a prodigal [extravagance].
Profuse emphasizes abundance, but may suggest
overemotionalism,
exaggeration, or the like: profuse [thanks], [compliments], [apologies].
squander
If we squander our [fossil fuel][s], we threaten [civilization].
prodigal
He has a mind [prodigal] [of] ideas.
She has always been [prodigal] [of] [with] her money.
The audience [was] prodigal [in] its applause.
[a] prodigal is a [spendthrift].
wanton
Swapping the [wanton] excesses of the 1980s New York art world
for the [puritanical] confines of the Castro regime,
Julian Schnabel continues to [tread] the myth-rich, landmine-ridden [terrain] of the [martyred]-artist biopic.
Deluge
generous, free, abounding, lavish, plenteous, overflowing. Ample, liberal, copious, profuse describe degrees of abundant provision.
Ample implies a plentiful provision: to give ample [praise].
Liberal implies provision
from a
generous supply (more than ample but less than copious):
Liberal amounts of [food] were distributed [to] the [needy].
Copious implies an apparently
inexhaustible and lavish abundance: a copious flow of [tears].
conclusion: Copious > Liberal > Ample
Profuse implies a still more
unrestrained abundance of provision or flow: profuse [in] his [apologies] .
cornucopia
Magnolia is [nothing else] [if not]
a [cornucopia] of stories about the need to make peace with parents.
copious
plethora
She's had a [plethora] of [telephone calls] today.
Deluge
—Antonyms
1. thrifty.
There's a huge, ugly [gouge] all the way up her shin (脛),
and she's bleeding profusely. She goes to a doctor, who patches her up and tells her she might need a skin graft.
shin
【解】脛;(昆蟲的) 脛節
Someone [kicked] me on my shin during the match.
牛的小腿肉
攀,爬
Tom shinned [up] a tree for a better view of the parade.
gauge
The only problem is that it's hard to [gauge] just how big of a role chemistry plays
in the [greatness] of a film when all the participants do their jobs perfectly.
gage
is a glove or some other item offered as a [pledge], as in giving a challenge to a [duel].
throw down the gage to his [opponent].
gouge
(n.) a tool, the mark
(v.) [gouging] cheating, extorting esp. overcharging
Y
D
–adjective
1. spending or giving freely and in large amount, often to excess;
extravagant (often fol. by in): profuse [praise].
2. made or done freely and
abundantly: profuse [apologies].
3. abundant; in great amount.
—Synonyms
1. See lavish. 3. See ample.
unstinted, extravagant, wasteful, improvident (無先見之明); generous, openhanded (大方),. Lavish, prodigal, profuse refer to that which exists in abundance and is poured out copiously.
Lavish suggests (sometimes excessive)
generosity
and
openhandedness: lavish [hospitality]; much [too] lavish.
Prodigal suggests
wastefulness,
improvidence (淺見), and reckless impatience of restraint: a prodigal [extravagance].
Profuse emphasizes abundance, but may suggest
overemotionalism,
exaggeration, or the like: profuse [thanks], [compliments], [apologies].
squander
If we squander our [fossil fuel][s], we threaten [civilization].
prodigal
He has a mind [prodigal] [of] ideas.
She has always been [prodigal] [of] [with] her money.
The audience [was] prodigal [in] its applause.
[a] prodigal is a [spendthrift].
wanton
Swapping the [wanton] excesses of the 1980s New York art world
for the [puritanical] confines of the Castro regime,
Julian Schnabel continues to [tread] the myth-rich, landmine-ridden [terrain] of the [martyred]-artist biopic.
Deluge
generous, free, abounding, lavish, plenteous, overflowing. Ample, liberal, copious, profuse describe degrees of abundant provision.
Ample implies a plentiful provision: to give ample [praise].
Liberal implies provision
from a
generous supply (more than ample but less than copious):
Liberal amounts of [food] were distributed [to] the [needy].
Copious implies an apparently
inexhaustible and lavish abundance: a copious flow of [tears].
conclusion: Copious > Liberal > Ample
Profuse implies a still more
unrestrained abundance of provision or flow: profuse [in] his [apologies] .
cornucopia
Magnolia is [nothing else] [if not]
a [cornucopia] of stories about the need to make peace with parents.
copious
plethora
She's had a [plethora] of [telephone calls] today.
Deluge
—Antonyms
1. thrifty.
There's a huge, ugly [gouge] all the way up her shin (脛),
and she's bleeding profusely. She goes to a doctor, who patches her up and tells her she might need a skin graft.
shin
【解】脛;(昆蟲的) 脛節
Someone [kicked] me on my shin during the match.
牛的小腿肉
攀,爬
Tom shinned [up] a tree for a better view of the parade.
gauge
The only problem is that it's hard to [gauge] just how big of a role chemistry plays
in the [greatness] of a film when all the participants do their jobs perfectly.
gage
is a glove or some other item offered as a [pledge], as in giving a challenge to a [duel].
throw down the gage to his [opponent].
gouge
(n.) a tool, the mark
(v.) [gouging] cheating, extorting esp. overcharging
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