plushy

/'plʌʃi/
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plushy

The hotel room had plushy carpets and velvet curtains.

Definition
  1. Adjective:
    • Resembling plush in texture; soft and luxurious to the touch: Describes something that has the soft, thick, and velvety quality of plush fabric.
    • Characterized by extravagance and profusion; lavish: Describes something that is sumptuously rich, elaborate, or luxurious.
Usage Examples
  • Adjective (Texture):
    • The plushy carpet felt wonderful under my feet.
    • She hugged the plushy teddy bear tightly.
  • Adjective (Luxury/Extravagance):
    • They stayed in a plushy hotel suite overlooking the ocean.
    • The party was a plushy affair with champagne and caviar.
Advanced Usage
  • "plushy comfort": extreme and luxurious comfort.
    • The armchair offered plushy comfort after a long day.
  • Used to describe an overly soft or indulgent style or atmosphere.
    • The novel's plushy descriptions of aristocratic life contrasted with the gritty reality outside.
Variants and Related Words
  • Plush (adj/n): The base word. As an adjective, it means richly luxurious and expensive, or soft and thick like plush fabric. As a noun, it is a type of fabric with a long, soft nap.
    • The plush velvet curtains.
  • Plushly (adv): In a plush manner.
    • The room was plushly decorated.
Synonyms
  • Luxurious: Extremely comfortable, elegant, and expensive.
  • Sumptuous: Splendid and expensive-looking.
  • Velvety: Having a smooth, soft feel like velvet.
  • Opulent: Ostentatiously rich and luxurious.
Antonyms
  • Spartan: Simple, frugal, or austere.
  • Austere: Severe or strict in manner, attitude, or appearance; having no comforts or luxuries.
  • Coarse: Rough or harsh in texture.
Related Phrases/Idioms
  • Live the plush life: To live in a very luxurious and comfortable way.
    • After winning the lottery, they began to live the plush life.(Note: "Plushy" itself is not commonly used in standard phrasal verbs or idioms. The related noun "plush" appears in phrases like "plush job" meaning a very well-paid and comfortable position.)
plushy

The hotel room had plushy carpets and velvet curtains.

Adjective
  1. characterized by extravagance and profusion
    • a lavish buffet
    • a lucullan feast
  2. (of textures) resembling plush