luxurious

[ luhg-zhoor-ee-uhs, luhk-shoor- ]

adjective

1. characterized by luxury; ministering or conducive to luxury:

   a luxurious hotel.

   Synonyms: sumptuous, rich

   Antonyms: squalid

2. given to or loving luxury; wanting or requiring what is choice, expensive, or the like:

   a person with luxurious tastes.

   Synonyms: epicurean

3. given to pleasure, especially of the senses; voluptuous.

   Synonyms: self-indulgent, sensual

4. present or occurring in great abundance, rich profusion, etc.; opulent:

   a luxurious harvest; music of luxurious beauty.

5. excessively ornate; overelaborate:

   luxurious prose.

luxurious

/ lʌɡˈzjʊərɪəs /

adjective

1. characterized by luxury
2. enjoying or devoted to luxury
3. See lecherous
   an archaic word for lecherous

Usage

Luxurious is sometimes wrongly used where luxuriant is meant: he had a luxuriant (not luxurious ) moustache; the walls were covered with a luxuriant growth of wisteria

Derived Forms

• luxˈuriousness, noun
• luxˈuriously, adverb

Other Words From

• 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

Word History and Origins

Origin of luxurious¹

First recorded in 1300–50; Middle English word from Latin word luxuriōsus. See luxury, -ous

Word History and Origins

Origin of luxurious¹

C14: via Old French from Latin luxuriōsus excessive

Example Sentences

Even the most luxurious camper-top setups tend to be minimalist in terms of sleeping amenities.

From Outside Online

They need to be professionally installed but promise a luxurious look.

From Popular-Science

Silk is often categorized as slippery, luxurious, and romantic.

From Popular-Science

Soak the pain away with these luxurious CBD-infused bath salts.

From Popular-Science

For the past decade, university arms races have centered on who can build the most luxurious dorms and biggest sports facilities or offer the most “country club” amenities like posh gyms and pools.

From Fortune

One of its few concessions to the luxurious standards of the neighbors is a long, winding road.

From The Daily Beast

The more luxurious the trip, the more it seems that personal choice is delegated by the client to the planner.

From The Daily Beast

But Lear insists his longer, more detailed journeys are more thorough, experience-rich, and luxurious.

From The Daily Beast

The stewed cabbage is insanely tender, vegetable-sweet, and more luxurious than cabbage has a right to be.

From The Daily Beast

But with unlimited access to the luxurious sandwiches, piled high with glistening meat, a buttery apocalypse of gluttony unfolded.

From The Daily Beast

Sometimes the affair is made still more luxurious by substituting rose-water for water pur et simple.

From Project Gutenberg

And the wealthy class by no means monopolized the bay with their yachts and luxurious launches.

From Project Gutenberg

Father says that I was born to have a rich husband because I have such luxurious tastes!

From Project Gutenberg

He was reclining far back in the luxurious chair, holding a glass of champagne to the light.

From Project Gutenberg

A short time after this she was taken to pass a week at the luxurious abodes of Maria Antoinette.

From Project Gutenberg

Related Words

• comfortable
• deluxe
• expensive
• extravagant
• fancy
• gorgeous
• grand
• imposing
• lavish
• lush
• opulent
• ostentatious
• palatial
• plush
• posh
• ritzy
• splendid
• stately
• sumptuous
• upscale