as in luxurious
showing obvious signs of wealth and comfort
a plushy Parisian hotel where a night's stay commands a king's ransom
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Recent Examples of plushy
Making its debut at IFA this year, the Roborock Curv 2 Pro can raise itself even higher than its predecessor to clear plushy carpets or lower itself down for a better clean on low-pile rugs.
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PC Magazine, 4 Sep. 2025
Long walks, plushy toys, and calm dog friends seem to bring him lots of joy.
—Staff Report, Hartford Courant, 19 July 2025
The movie has pummeling battles, giant plushy troll monsters, characters hurtling through space, and a general air of ballistic wizardry.
—Owen Gleiberman, Variety, 8 July 2025
Squishmallows is expanding its plushy empire into beauty.
—Noor Lobad, Footwear News, 3 Sep. 2019
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PC Magazine, 4 Sep. 2025
Long walks, plushy toys, and calm dog friends seem to bring him lots of joy.
—Staff Report, Hartford Courant, 19 July 2025
The movie has pummeling battles, giant plushy troll monsters, characters hurtling through space, and a general air of ballistic wizardry.
—Owen Gleiberman, Variety, 8 July 2025
Squishmallows is expanding its plushy empire into beauty.
—Noor Lobad, Footwear News, 3 Sep. 2019
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for plushy
Adjective
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Cotton is the gold standard for a luxurious feel—each item in our edit is either pure cotton or a soft blend—and from there, the rest is pretty much down to style preference.—
Elly Leavitt,
Vogue,
9 Jan. 2026
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Bright red polka dots and a ballet-slipper pink cat-eye base strike the perfect balance between playful and luxurious-looking.—
Ariel Wodarcyk,
InStyle,
9 Jan. 2026
Adjective
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Playing on the name of Judd Apatow’s 2008 film Step Brothers, the pair unveiled the first installment of their series of the same name over a decade ago, sparking a cult-classic run that now spans four installments and multiple deluxe editions.—
Preezy Brown,
VIBE.com,
8 Jan. 2026
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In October, Gossett seized on Westward‘s momentum with a deluxe version featuring three additional tracks.—
Josh Crutchmer,
Rolling Stone,
31 Dec. 2025
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This luxuriant, almost decadent virtuosity can feel out of synch with a tale of miserable, penny-pinching extremes.—
Justin Chang,
New Yorker,
23 Dec. 2025
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Plenty of intimate questions and long, luxuriant answers followed.—
Sara Holdren,
Vulture,
1 Dec. 2025
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More likely still to pass $1 million is an all-electric super SUV from a legacy manufacturer that can claim to be ultra-luxury, as powerful as a god, bespoke, and technologically groundbreaking, which is how Cadillac is trying to sell its new liftback sedan, the $360,000 Celestiq.—
Erik Shilling,
Robb Report,
13 Jan. 2026
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Google cofounder Larry Page has quietly—or loudly—joined the billionaire exodus from California, shifting businesses east and dropping about $173 million on two ultra-luxury waterfront mansions in Miami’s Coconut Grove in a move that looks strikingly similar to Jeff Bezos’ relocation playbook.—
Nick Lichtenberg,
Fortune,
8 Jan. 2026
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“Plushy.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/plushy. Accessed 14 Jan. 2026.
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