Luxurious

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The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 4th Edition
  • adj. Fond of or given to luxury.
  • adj. Marked by or contributing to luxury.
  • adj. Of a sumptuous, costly, or rich variety. See Synonyms at sensuous.
  • Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License
  • adj. Enjoying pleasures of luxury.
  • adj. Being very fine and comfortable.
  • the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English
  • adj. Of or pertaining to luxury; ministering to luxury; supplied with the conditions of luxury
  • The Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia
  • Luxuriant; exuberant.
  • Characterized by indulgence in luxury; given to luxury; voluptuous; indulging freely or excessively in material pleasures or objects of desire: as, a luxurious life; luxurious cities.
  • Ministering to luxury; contributing to free or extravagant indulgence.
  • A bounding in that which gratifies the senses; exuberant in means of indulgence or enjoyment; affording abundant material pleasure.
  • Characterized by lust; libidinous.
  • Synonyms Epicurean, self-indulgent, sensual.
  • 2–4. Luxurious, Luxuriant. These words are now never synonymous. Luxurious means given to luxury or characterized by luxury : as, luxurious people; a luxurious life; a luxurious table. Luxuriant means exuberant in growth: as, the luxuriant vegetation of the tropics; by figure, a luxuriant style in composition. Luxurious implies blame, except where it is used by hyperbole for that which is exceedingly comfortable, etc.: as, a luxurious bed. Luxuriant does not come enough into the field of the moral for either praise or blame.
  • WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
  • adj. displaying luxury and furnishing gratification to the senses
  • adj. rich and superior in quality
  • Equivalent
    indulgent    rich   
    Cross Reference
    Rhyme
    Words with the same terminal sound
    spurious   
    Same Context
    Words that are found in similar contexts
    sumptuous    elegant    comfortable    spacious    expensive    royal    stately    delicious    fashionable    gay