profuse

IPA: prʌfjˈus

verb

  • (obsolete) To pour out; to give or spend liberally; to lavish; to squander.

adjective

  • abundant or generous to the point of excess.
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Examples of "profuse" in Sentences

  • The undercoat is thick and profuse.
  • The Atlanta suffered profuse leaking.
  • The profuse coat can be wavy or curly.
  • The profuse coat requires daily grooming.
  • The history articles are excellent and profuse.
  • One of the eyes of the deity was profusely bleeding.
  • Prudie is contrite and apologizes profusely for the slur.
  • Fruits and flowers, interwoven in heavy garlands and overflowing from baskets and urns, carry out the idea of profuse abundance.
  • Here they may produce an inflammation of the lining of the womb, causing severe pain and other symptoms, such as profuse discharge.
  • 'How thoroughly am I converted to the love of Jean Paul, and wonder at the indolence or shallowness which could resist so long, and call his profuse riches want of system!
  • 32 The greater part of the nobles, who dissipated their fortunes in profuse luxury, found themselves poor in the midst of wealth, and idle in a constant round of dissipation.
  • Peter Kemp further complains of the "pitiless prolixity" with which Aue tells his story and doubts "Aue's prodigious capacity to recall in profuse, minute detail all that was done and said ...."
  • But if there is a marked increase over the amount usual for the individual, if great weakness and prostration is produced, either at the time or afterward, it may be called profuse, and the cause may be either debility, that is weakness, or plethora, which means fullness.

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