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–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