voluptuous
adjective
full of, characterized by, or ministering to indulgence in luxury, pleasure, and sensuous enjoyment.
voluptuousness
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a word derived from
voluptuous.
Example Sentences
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The hair remains longest on top, and a fade, undercut, or harsh disconnect enhances the style’s potential for voluptuousness.
From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 10, 2023
Whip the cream until thick and airy but still with a soft voluptuousness about it, and set it aside for a mo.
From The Guardian ● Mar. 30, 2017
And yet there were moments of astonishing liquidity, voluptuousness, delicacy and fullness, and her Protean mystery became more evident than ever.
From New York Times ● Jun. 9, 2015
Blowup: The Italian director Michelangelo Antonioni brought an intellectual voluptuousness to Europe’s postwar anomie; his English-language debut film also defined Swinging London’s new generation of cool kids who have it all and still feel empty.
From Time ● May 17, 2012
Besides ambition and cupidity, the motives commonly attributed to the poisoners, it was imagined that this action included an indefinable, diabolical voluptuousness of enjoyment, an attractiveness stronger than the will.
From The Betrothed From the Italian of Alessandro Manzoni by Alessandro Manzoni
