plushy
/'plʌʃi/
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Definition
- 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.)
Adjective
- characterized by extravagance and profusion
- a lavish buffet
- a lucullan feast
- (of textures) resembling plush