Meaning

1 senses
  1. Abundant or generous to the point of excess; copious; volubly expressed.

    She grew profuse amounts of zucchini and pumpkins.

    profuse hospitality; profuse apologies; profuse expenditure

    übermäßig, enorm, reichlich

    оби́льныйobílʹnyj

More definitions
  • produced or growing in extreme abundance

Examples

3 sentences
  1. He was profuse in his praise of his teacher.

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  2. Maite halted the profuse hemorrhage by pressing down on the wound with both hands.

  3. She was profuse in praises.

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Translations

5 languages
Русский
By meaning 1
In great quantity or abundance:
Deutsch
By meaning 1
In great quantity or abundance:

Origin

From Latin profusus.

From Latin profusus.

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Forms

more profuse, most profuse
Comparativemore profuse Lesson
Superlativemost profuse Lesson

regular

Synonyms

4 synonyms
Close in meaning

Word family

3 related words

See also

neighbours in the dictionary
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