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.
His father Gyozo Orban, who is 85, owns several building material companies as well as the historic Hatvanpuszta estate he had rebuilt into a luxurious manor worth hundreds of millions of dollars.
From Barron's
"I think the pressure is always going to be there, no matter what. But the luxurious thing now is that the pressure comes from me - because that wasn't the case in the past."
From BBC
The theme-park development follows earlier investments in luxurious beach resorts, state-of-the-art museums and vast sports facilities.
When stirred through at the end, it thickens the tomato juices into something cohesive — salty, tangy, faintly luxurious.
From Salon
“Grand and lavish, this limestone townhouse, on a highly coveted block known for its magnificent residences, is truly unparalleled,” it stated, noting that the property was “designed for luxurious living and the highest caliber entertaining.”
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