Definition of voluptuous
1a : suggesting sensual pleasure by fullness and beauty of form voluptuous nudesb : full of delight or pleasure to the senses : conducive to or arising from sensuous or sensual gratification : luxurious a voluptuous dance voluptuous ornamentation a voluptuous wine
2 : given to or spent in enjoyment of luxury, pleasure, or sensual gratifications a long and voluptuous holiday — Edmund Wilson
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Examples of voluptuous in a Sentence
the voluptuous richness of the music
Recent Examples of voluptuous from the Web
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Also quite stunning is Nancy Higley as Celia, a voluptuous senior citizen who's up for just about anything.
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So how to account for his film version, one without menace or shadows or the voluptuous morbidity that’s the hallmark of gothic melodrama?
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The broths let the flavors of the different add-ins come through, with lovely sunny notes from the bright, sweet corn and, in one precious spoonful, the voluptuous quail egg yolk.
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On stage, a man swallowed the leg of a chair and then hurled knives at a voluptuous blonde.
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The cast’s first meeting quickly gave way to sniping about eyebrow shapes; one queen was done up like a voluptuous rodent.
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Kylie’s entrée into young womanhood has entailed high-stakes conflict and conjecture, taken on with the voluptuous élan of a social-media Vargas girl.
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Caffè FiorioA voluptuous ice-cream parlor/café with uniformed waiters, marble counters, and salons covered in red silk wallpaper, serving an impressive lineup of aperitivo nibbles—tiny sandwiches and canapés.
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The same could be said of the director Park Chan-wook, whose attention to voluptuous detail — to opulent brocades and silky robes, luscious peaches and creamy shoulders — turns each scene into an invitation to ooh, aah and mmm.
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Origin and Etymology of voluptuous
Middle English, from Latin voluptuosus, irregular from voluptas pleasure, from volup pleasurable; akin to Greek elpesthai to hope, Latin velle to wish — more at will
Synonym Discussion of voluptuous
VOLUPTUOUS Defined for English Language Learners
voluptuous
playDefinition of voluptuous for English Language Learners
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of a woman : very attractive because of having large hips and breasts
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: giving pleasure to the senses
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