voluptuous
full of, characterized by, or ministering to indulgence in luxury, pleasure, and sensuous enjoyment: a voluptuous life.
derived from gratification of the senses: voluptuous pleasure.
directed toward or concerned with sensuous enjoyment or sensual pleasure: voluptuous desires.
sensuously pleasing or delightful: voluptuous beauty.
Origin of voluptuous
1synonym study For voluptuous
Other words from voluptuous
- vo·lup·tu·ous·ly, adverb
- vo·lup·tu·ous·ness, vo·lup·tu·os·i·ty [vuh-luhp-choo-os-i-tee], /vəˌlʌp tʃuˈɒs ɪ ti/, noun
- un·vo·lup·tu·ous, adjective
- un·vo·lup·tu·ous·ly, adverb
- un·vo·lup·tu·ous·ness, noun
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How to use voluptuous in a sentence
Babitz would have more adventures than most, growing up fast and voluptuous in Hollywood, reveling in almost every form of excess from sex to drugs to booze and still more sex — and never feeling the least bit of shame over any of it.
Eve Babitz, who chronicled and reveled in Hollywood hedonism, dies at 78 | Matt Schudel | December 19, 2021 | Washington PostSandra Chen Weinstein, who also supplies a voluptuous close-up of a red-fleshed peach, photographs multiple sets of stylized lips projected on a building.
In the galleries: Rejuvenating the obsolete into unconventional art | Mark Jenkins | February 12, 2021 | Washington PostWas it Shakespeare, in mad pursuit of a lovely boy and that voluptuous Dark Lady?
Sor Juana: Mexico’s Most Erotic Poet and Its Most Dangerous Nun | Katie Baker | November 8, 2014 | THE DAILY BEASTArriving at Bordelet's ciderie, we parked along a stone wall bedecked with vibrant, voluptuous yellow and red roses.
It has an enormous dose of estrogen in it, leading to many voluptuous prisoners in New York state prisons.
Tales of a Jailhouse Gourmet: How I learned to Cook in Prison | Daniel Genis | June 21, 2014 | THE DAILY BEAST
In escort circles, there are two brunette archetypes: the prim Audrey Hepburn type, and the voluptuous Ashley Dupré type.
voluptuous and enjoyable are two words you might select to describe a Rick Hertzberg column.
California seemed less like a voluptuous leviathan blowing poppy-dust that blunted the memory of all things beyond her borders.
Ancestors | Gertrude AthertonHer eyes, too, had a curious hard opaque look, as if the old voluptuous fires had burned out; and she seemed ever on her guard.
Ancestors | Gertrude AthertonBut the tender lines of Lucy's voluptuous figure covered a marble heart.
The Pit Town Coronet, Volume II (of 3) | Charles James WillsThey absolutely revel in the most voluptuous indulgence of the nil admirari.
The British Expedition to the Crimea | William Howard RussellAll three had brilliant white teeth, that shone like pearls against the ruby of their voluptuous lips.
Dracula | Bram Stoker
British Dictionary definitions for voluptuous
/ (vəˈlʌptjʊəs) /
relating to, characterized by, or consisting of pleasures of the body or senses; sensual
disposed, devoted, or addicted to sensual indulgence or luxurious pleasures
provocative and sexually alluring, esp through shapeliness or fullness: a voluptuous woman
Origin of voluptuous
1Derived forms of voluptuous
- voluptuously, adverb
- voluptuousness, noun
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