sumptuous
entailing great expense, as from choice materials, fine work, etc.; costly: a sumptuous residence.
luxuriously fine or large; lavish; splendid: a sumptuous feast.
Origin of sumptuous
1Other words for sumptuous
Other words from sumptuous
- sump·tu·ous·ly, adverb
- sump·tu·ous·ness, noun
- un·sump·tu·ous, adjective
- un·sump·tu·ous·ly, adverb
- un·sump·tu·ous·ness, noun
Words that may be confused with sumptuous
- sumptuary, sumptuous
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How to use sumptuous in a sentence
Broder’s second novel combines her singular style with adventures of the calorie- and climax-filled kind, sumptuous fillings surrounded by perfectly baked plot.
Melissa Broder’s ‘Milk Fed’ is a delectable exploration of physical and emotional hunger | Bethanne Patrick | February 9, 2021 | Washington PostThe impetus for this production — enhanced by Jonathan Tunick’s sumptuous original orchestrations and 15 musicians under the baton of Jon Kalbfleisch — is not experimental, or even archival.
Sondheim revue provides exhilarating warmth in cold, trying times | Peter Marks | February 1, 2021 | Washington PostIt’s a tiny family-run joint where locals, seated cheek by jowl, eat sumptuous meals.
The bulls are firmly in control as the global markets open for 2021 | Bernhard Warner | January 4, 2021 | FortuneTaylor recalls a tour group that created an elaborate “almost soap opera” storyline around a miniature of a sumptuous Art Deco jewelry store, where a tiny clerk talks to two customers beneath a lit chandelier made of 15,800 beads.
Weller made the Style Council a lush Amazon of uniquely sumptuous schmaltz.
Almost anarchy: The Style Council and the smooth sounds of sophisti-pop | Mina Tavakoli | November 20, 2020 | Washington Post
Christmas morning, we take seats in the sumptuously appointed living room of a top Ankawa official, the silver-haired Femi Mattih.
In every instance a gift was expected from the visitor, and as a consequence the monks fared sumptuously.
British Highways And Byways From A Motor Car | Thomas D. MurphyHe was sumptuously buried in Kensal Green, where a marble pedestal carries his portrait and his epitaph.
The pheasants and the partridges arrived in time, and we lunched off them sumptuously to-day; many thanks.
Letters of Lt.-Col. George Brenton Laurie | George Brenton LaurieWe arrived 489 at the camp, to the great joy of our brave lads, who immediately feasted sumptuously.
The Expeditions of Zebulon Montgomery Pike, Volume II (of 3) | Elliott CouesThe vessel appears to have been armed for war and sumptuously fitted for a pleasure-yacht, yet was ultimately used to carry corn.
Great Men and Famous Women. Vol. 3 of 8 | Various
British Dictionary definitions for sumptuous
/ (ˈsʌmptjʊəs) /
expensive or extravagant: sumptuous costumes
magnificent; splendid: a sumptuous scene
Origin of sumptuous
1Derived forms of sumptuous
- sumptuously, adverb
- sumptuousness or sumptuosity (ˌsʌmptjʊˈɒsɪtɪ), noun
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