luxurious
given to or loving luxury; wanting or requiring what is choice, expensive, or the like: a person with luxurious tastes.
given to pleasure, especially of the senses; voluptuous.
present or occurring in great abundance, rich profusion, etc.; opulent: a luxurious harvest; music of luxurious beauty.
excessively ornate; overelaborate: luxurious prose.
Origin of luxurious
1Other words for luxurious
Opposites for luxurious
Other words from luxurious
- lux·u·ri·ous·ly, adverb
- lux·u·ri·ous·ness, noun
- o·ver·lux·u·ri·ous, adjective
- o·ver·lux·u·ri·ous·ly, adverb
- o·ver·lux·u·ri·ous·ness, noun
- pre·lux·u·ri·ous, adjective
- pre·lux·u·ri·ous·ly, adverb
- pre·lux·u·ri·ous·ness, noun
- qua·si-lux·u·ri·ous, adjective
- qua·si-lux·u·ri·ous·ly, adverb
- su·per·lux·u·ri·ous, adjective
- su·per·lux·u·ri·ous·ly, adverb
- su·per·lux·u·ri·ous·ness, noun
- un·lux·u·ri·ous, adjective
- un·lux·u·ri·ous·ly, adverb
Words that may be confused with luxurious
- luxuriant, luxurious
Words Nearby luxurious
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How to use luxurious in a sentence
Even the most luxurious camper-top setups tend to be minimalist in terms of sleeping amenities.
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One of its few concessions to the luxurious standards of the neighbors is a long, winding road.
Alfred Hitchcock’s Fade to Black: The Great Director’s Final Days | David Freeman | December 13, 2014 | THE DAILY BEASTThe more luxurious the trip, the more it seems that personal choice is delegated by the client to the planner.
Obama’s Extravagant Summer Break? More Like, America’s Vacation-Deficit Disorder | Clive Irving | August 10, 2014 | THE DAILY BEASTBut Lear insists his longer, more detailed journeys are more thorough, experience-rich, and luxurious.
The stewed cabbage is insanely tender, vegetable-sweet, and more luxurious than cabbage has a right to be.
But with unlimited access to the luxurious sandwiches, piled high with glistening meat, a buttery apocalypse of gluttony unfolded.
My Big, Buttery Lobster Roll Rumble: We Came, We Clawed, We Conquered | Scott Bixby | June 7, 2014 | THE DAILY BEASTSometimes the affair is made still more luxurious by substituting rose-water for water pur et simple.
Tobacco; Its History, Varieties, Culture, Manufacture and Commerce | E. R. Billings.And the wealthy class by no means monopolized the bay with their yachts and luxurious launches.
Ancestors | Gertrude AthertonFather says that I was born to have a rich husband because I have such luxurious tastes!
Tessa Wadsworth's Discipline | Jennie M. DrinkwaterHe was reclining far back in the luxurious chair, holding a glass of champagne to the light.
The Awakening and Selected Short Stories | Kate ChopinA short time after this she was taken to pass a week at the luxurious abodes of Maria Antoinette.
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British Dictionary definitions for luxurious
/ (lʌɡˈzjʊərɪəs) /
Origin of luxurious
1usage For luxurious
Derived forms of luxurious
- luxuriously, adverb
- luxuriousness, noun
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