luscious
Americanadjective
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highly pleasing to the taste or smell.
luscious peaches.
- Synonyms:
- palatable, delectable
- Antonyms:
- unpalatable, disgusting
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richly satisfying to the senses or the mind.
the luscious style of his poetry.
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richly adorned; luxurious.
luscious furnishings.
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arousing physical, or sexual, desire; voluptuous.
a luscious figure.
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sweet to excess; cloying.
adjective
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extremely pleasurable, esp to the taste or smell
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very attractive
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archaic cloying
Related Words
See delicious.
Other Word Forms
- lusciously adverb
- lusciousness noun
- overluscious adjective
- overlusciously adverb
- overlusciousness noun
Etymology
Origin of luscious
1375–1425; late Middle English lucius, unexplained variant of licius, aphetic variant of delicious
Example Sentences
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But you won’t miss them: a little crème fraîche and honey make the custard luscious.
From The Wall Street Journal • Mar. 27, 2026
Samsung showed off luscious flower fields on a 130-inch beast that’s more highway billboard than home TV.
From The Wall Street Journal • Jan. 11, 2026
They live in stylish houses surrounded by luscious greenery, woodland, a meadow and a river.
From BBC • Jul. 18, 2025
The film’s world is luscious, tangible and hypnotic.
From Los Angeles Times • May 7, 2025
The first drive was forgotten, the black, herded woods, the glaring rhododendrons, luscious and over-proud.
From "Rebecca" by Daphne du Maurier
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