curvaceous

adjective

cur·​va·​ceous ˌkər-ˈvā-shəs How to pronounce curvaceous (audio)
variants or less commonly curvacious
1
: having or suggesting the curves of a well-proportioned feminine figure
curvaceous hips
The curvaceous wooden mermaid shown on the cover … , forever staring into a mirror and waiting to comb her wind-tossed hair, was found in Wayland, Massachusetts …Robert Shaw
2
: having a smoothly curving form or shape
… the [golf] course sits on a curvaceous mound of trash some 40 feet deep.Jessica Snyder Sachs
Rounded windows with decorative surrounds predominate, as do curvaceous brackets under the exterior eaves.The Boston Sunday Globe
curvaceousness noun

Examples of curvaceous in a Sentence

curvaceous swimsuit models
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Those garments included curvaceous jackets with jodhpurs and slender gowns cut from both light-absorbing velvet and light reflecting satin. At Chanel, meanwhile, the dark hue was used for military suits in nubby tweeds. Ari Stark, Footwear News, 14 July 2025 Silhouettes are rounded to match the curvaceous hills outside, and the color palette emphasizes the blue of the river, the green of the vines and the dark red of their juice. Ann Abel, Forbes.com, 14 July 2025 Designers like Charles Hollis Jones and Vladimir Kagan favored the way this clear, moldable resin could be bent into curvaceous forms and was more durable than glass. Monika Biegler Eyers, Better Homes & Gardens, 28 June 2025 The design of the museum has morphed over the years, from a dark, curvaceous amoeba-like form that echoed the nearby La Brea Tar Pits to a design that retains the curves up top but shifts to rectilinear glass on the galleries level below. August Brown, Los Angeles Times, 27 June 2025 See All Example Sentences for curvaceous

Word History

First Known Use

1933, in the meaning defined at sense 1

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The first known use of curvaceous was in 1933

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“Curvaceous.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/curvaceous. Accessed 24 Jul. 2025.

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