Voluptuous
[və'lʌptʃʊəs] or [və'lʌptʃuəs]
Definition
(a.) Full of delight or pleasure, especially that of the senses; ministering to sensuous or sensual gratification; exciting sensual desires; luxurious; sensual.
(a.) Given to the enjoyments of luxury and pleasure; indulging to excess in sensual gratifications.
Checker: Olga
Synonyms and Synonymous
a. Luxurious, epicurean, sensual.
Typist: Rosa
Synonyms and Antonyms
SYN:Sensual, luxurious, Self-indulgent, licentious, highly_pleasant
ANT:Unsensual, abstinent, self-denying, ascetic, sober
Edited by Johanna
Definition
adj. full of pleasure: given to excess of pleasure esp. sensual: contributing to sensual pleasure.—adv. Volup′tuously.—n. Volup′tuousness.
Edited by Della
Examples
- Her voluptuous, acute apprehension of him made the blood faint in her veins, her mind went dim and unconscious. D. H. Lawrence. Women in Love .
- Then he would have had her finally and for ever; there would be such a perfect voluptuous finality. D. H. Lawrence. Women in Love .
- My senses were affected by it, and a voluptuous indolence began to steal over me. Harriette Wilson. The Memoirs of Harriette Wilson.
- He thought, what a perfect voluptuous fulfilment it would be, to kill her. D. H. Lawrence. Women in Love .
- The latter, all wild passion; the former, gentle, voluptuous, fearful of shocking or offending me, or frightening away my growing passion. Harriette Wilson. The Memoirs of Harriette Wilson.
- She was going to have her consummation of voluptuous ecstasy at laSt. It was coming! D. H. Lawrence. Women in Love .
- A terrible voluptuous thrill ran down her arms--she was going to know her voluptuous consummation. D. H. Lawrence. Women in Love .
- Is it best for you to injure your prospects for such a voluptuous, idle woman as that? Thomas Hardy. The Return of the Native.
- Beyond all question, this is the most voluptuous scene we have yet looked upon. Mark Twain. The Innocents Abroad.
- A beautiful harp, drawings of a somewhat voluptuous cast, elegant needle-work, Moore's poems, and a fine pianoforte, formed a part of it. Harriette Wilson. The Memoirs of Harriette Wilson.
- There was a voluptuous and purely effeminate languor about Julia's character, which was well adapted to the eastern style of dress. Harriette Wilson. The Memoirs of Harriette Wilson.
- The court, in the inside, had evidently been arranged to gratify a picturesque and voluptuous ideality. Harriet Beecher Stowe. Uncle Tom's Cabin.
- There is nothing voluptuous in the character of it. Harriette Wilson. The Memoirs of Harriette Wilson.
- In their voices she could hear the voluptuous resonance of darkness, the strong, dangerous underworld, mindless, inhuman. D. H. Lawrence. Women in Love .
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