Food and drink were served in such profusion at the wedding that the bride and groom began to wonder if they should not have invited more guests.
Source: tatoeba (1962)
Profusion
//pɹoʊˈfjuʒən//
Synonyms for "profusion" (171 found)
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Related words (85)
multitudinousnessmyriadmyriadsnimietynumbernumerousnessoceanoceansopulenceopulencyoutpouroutpouringoverflowovergenerosityovergenerousnessoverliberalityoversupplypalilogypeckpile
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plenitudeplenteousnessplentifulnessplentypleonasmplethorapound-foolishnessprevalenceprodigalityproductivenessproductivityprofligacyprofusenessprolificacyprolificityquantitiesquantityrampancyranknessrashreckless expenditurereckless spendingredundancyreiterationreiterativenessrepetition for effectrepetitivenessrepletenessrepletionrich harvestrich veinrichnessrifenessriotriotousnessscadsseashowerspatespreadsquanderingsquandermaniastackstreamsubstantialitysubstantialnesssuperabundancesuperfluitysuperfluxsurfeitsurplusswarmingnesstalkativenesstautologyteemingnesstiradetonsvolumewastewastefulnesswealthworldworlds
Noun(2 words)
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8 entriesTranslations
41 translations across 20 languages.
Bulgarian
3 entries- изобилие noun (abundance)
- разкош noun (lavish or imprudent expenditure)
- разточителност noun (lavish or imprudent expenditure)
Catalan
1 entries- profusió noun (abundance)
Dutch
1 entries- overvloed noun (abundance)
Esperanto
1 entries- abundo noun (abundance)
Finnish
4 entries- runsaus noun (abundance)
- törsäys noun (lavish or imprudent expenditure)
- ylenpalttisuus noun (abundance)
- yltäkylläisyys noun (abundance)
German
4 entries- Vergeudung noun (lavish or imprudent expenditure)
- Verschwendung noun (lavish or imprudent expenditure)
- Überfluss noun (abundance)
- Überfülle noun (abundance)
Hindi
3 entries- अधिकता noun (abundance)
- प्राचुर्य noun (abundance)
- बहुलता noun (abundance)
Irish
1 entries- raidhse noun (abundance)
Latin
1 entries- profūsiō noun (abundance)
Macedonian
3 entries- изо́билство noun (abundance)
- изоби́лие noun (abundance)
- ра́скош noun (lavish or imprudent expenditure)
Māori
1 entries- ranea noun (abundance)
Ottoman Turkish
1 entries- بركت noun (abundance)
Persian
2 entries- اسرافکاری noun (lavish or imprudent expenditure)
- وفور noun (abundance)
Plautdietsch
1 entries- Äwafluss noun (abundance)
Polish
1 entries- obfitość noun (abundance)
Romanian
3 entries- abundență noun (abundance)
- extravaganță noun (lavish or imprudent expenditure)
- profuziune noun (abundance)
Russian
3 entries- изоби́лие noun (abundance)
- расточительность noun (lavish or imprudent expenditure)
- ще́дрость noun (lavish or imprudent expenditure)
Serbo-Croatian
1 entries- обиље noun (abundance)
Spanish
1 entries- profusión noun (abundance)
Ukrainian
4 entries- багатство noun (abundance)
- достаток noun (abundance)
- марнотратність noun (lavish or imprudent expenditure)
- надмірність noun (abundance)
Sample sentences
15 total sentences available.
There's a profusion of rhododendron in her garden, blooming in a variety of colours.
Source: tatoeba (6190904)
The exquisite feminine beauty of her countenance, now shaded only by a profusion of sunny tresses; the sylph-like form, disencumbered of her heavy riding-skirt and mantled in azure silk; the grace of her manner and of her smile, cleared, with a celerity which surprised the Master himself, all the gloomy and unfavourable thoughts which had for some time overclouded his fancy.
Source: tatoeba (7760551)
The feast of Ravenswood Castle was as remarkable for its profusion as that of Wolf's Crag had been for its ill-veiled penury.
Source: tatoeba (7760555)
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