luxurious
Americanadjective
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characterized by luxury; ministering or conducive to luxury.
a luxurious hotel.
- Antonyms:
- squalid
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given to or loving luxury; wanting or requiring what is choice, expensive, or the like.
a person with luxurious tastes.
- Synonyms:
- epicurean
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given to pleasure, especially of the senses; voluptuous.
- Synonyms:
- self-indulgent, sensual
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present or occurring in great abundance, rich profusion, etc.; opulent.
a luxurious harvest; music of luxurious beauty.
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excessively ornate; overelaborate.
luxurious prose.
adjective
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characterized by luxury
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enjoying or devoted to luxury
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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
Other Word Forms
- luxuriously adverb
- luxuriousness noun
- overluxurious adjective
- overluxuriously adverb
- overluxuriousness noun
- preluxurious adjective
- preluxuriously adverb
- preluxuriousness noun
- quasi-luxurious adjective
- quasi-luxuriously adverb
- superluxurious adjective
- superluxuriously adverb
- superluxuriousness noun
- unluxurious adjective
- unluxuriously adverb
Etymology
Origin of luxurious
First recorded in 1300–50; Middle English word from Latin word luxuriōsus. See luxury, -ous
Example Sentences
Examples are provided to illustrate real-world usage of words in context. Any opinions expressed do not reflect the views of Dictionary.com.
Many in the top 1% have a vast net worth on paper, which they borrow against to fund a luxurious lifestyle.
And there’s a pleasure to be had in seeing the products of their labor—finished or even unfinished—photographed lovingly, in luxurious color and absorbing detail.
Assad's luxurious, high-security residence, which was stormed and looted after he fled to Russia, is also part of the new series.
From Barron's
The home features the finest American and European craftsmanship, views of the sea, and modern technology, all combined to create the ideal setting for “luxurious living and entertaining.”
From MarketWatch
The Atlantic describes the Brightline train as a luxurious ride for high rollers but paints a downscale cast to those who are run over by it.
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