luxurious
/lʌg'zjuəriəs/
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Definition
- Adjective:
- Characterized by luxury; very rich, comfortable, and expensive: Describes something that provides great physical comfort and pleasure, often through the use of high-quality, costly, or non-essential items.
- Indulging in or fond of luxury and pleasure: Describes a person or their tastes that favor or seek out luxurious things and experiences.
Examples of Usage
- Describing objects, places, or experiences:
- The hotel offered luxurious accommodations with marble bathrooms and silk sheets.
- They took a luxurious cruise around the Mediterranean.
- Describing a lifestyle or feeling:
- After years of hard work, she now leads a luxurious life.
- Sinking into the luxurious sofa was a wonderful feeling.
Advanced Usage
- "Luxurious" vs. "Luxuriant": While "luxurious" relates to wealth and comfort, "luxuriant" describes something growing thickly and healthily (e.g., or ). Do not confuse these terms.
- Used to describe an abstract quality:
- He took a luxurious stretch after the long nap. (Here, it describes the pleasurable, self-indulgent nature of the action.)
Variants and Related Words
- Luxuriously (adverb): In a luxurious manner.
- They lived luxuriously in a penthouse apartment.
- Luxury (noun): The state of great comfort and extravagant living, or an item that is desirable but not essential.
- The car is a pure luxury, not a necessity.
Synonyms
- Opulent: Rich and luxurious, often to an impressive degree.
- Sumptuous: Splendid and expensive-looking.
- Lavish: Sumptuously rich, elaborate, or luxurious.
- Plush: Richly luxurious and expensive.
Antonyms
- Spartan: Very simple and plain, without comfort.
- Austere: Severe or strict in manner, attitude, or appearance; having no comforts or luxuries.
- Ascetic: Characterized by severe self-discipline and abstention from all forms of indulgence.
Related Phrases and Idioms
- Live in the lap of luxury: To live in a state of great wealth and comfort.
- After winning the lottery, they lived in the lap of luxury.
- The height of luxury: The epitome or ultimate example of luxuriousness.
- The spa treatment was the height of luxury.
Adjective
- rich and superior in quality
- a princely sum
- gilded dining rooms
- displaying luxury and furnishing gratification to the senses
- an epicurean banquet
- enjoyed a luxurious suite with a crystal chandelier and thick oriental rugs
- Lucullus spent the remainder of his days in voluptuous magnificence
- a chinchilla robe of sybaritic lavishness