as in luxurious
showing obvious signs of wealth and comfort
the cruise ship claims to offer sumptuous furnishings, exquisitely prepared cuisine, and stellar entertainment
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Recent Examples of sumptuous
The menu carries that same old-school, big-city boldness, with roasted lobster tails sumptuous with bone marrow, duck confit, cappelletti with braised beef, and hand-cut, dry-aged steaks sourced from Fred Linz in, yep, Chicago.
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Matthew Odam, Austin American Statesman, 29 Dec. 2025
Similar to the rest of the villa, sumptuous frescos decorated the space, named for its remarkable motif of peacocks.
—Maria Mocerino, Interesting Engineering, 27 Dec. 2025
Buy bars and coarsely chop them for fun streaks of sumptuous chocolate flavor.
—Caron Golden, San Diego Union-Tribune, 24 Dec. 2025
Visually, Mitchell’s images are sumptuous, stylish, and seductive, channelling the old-school photographic glamour epitomized by Richard Avedon, one of Mitchell’s idols.
—Chris Wiley, New Yorker, 20 Dec. 2025
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Matthew Odam, Austin American Statesman, 29 Dec. 2025
Similar to the rest of the villa, sumptuous frescos decorated the space, named for its remarkable motif of peacocks.
—Maria Mocerino, Interesting Engineering, 27 Dec. 2025
Buy bars and coarsely chop them for fun streaks of sumptuous chocolate flavor.
—Caron Golden, San Diego Union-Tribune, 24 Dec. 2025
Visually, Mitchell’s images are sumptuous, stylish, and seductive, channelling the old-school photographic glamour epitomized by Richard Avedon, one of Mitchell’s idols.
—Chris Wiley, New Yorker, 20 Dec. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for sumptuous
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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
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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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The Rooms Accommodations range from deluxe rooms and suites to three- and four-bedroom private villas, grouped throughout the resort’s 568 acres.—
Patricia Doherty,
Travel + Leisure,
30 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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Branson’s second private island in the British Virgin Islands, Moskito Island, takes a more communal approach to ultra-luxury living—by billionaire standards, at least.—
Abby Montanez,
Robb Report,
2 Jan. 2026
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Despite offering performance and technology comparable to those of ultra-luxury electric sedans, its pricing remains notably competitive in its segment.—
Prabhat Ranjan Mishra,
Interesting Engineering,
1 Jan. 2026
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The trio were indicted in May and accused of falsifying loan applications to get federal pandemic relief funds and money meant for Brown’s nonprofit that was spent on a lavish birthday party and Louis Vuitton items.—
Julia Coin,
Charlotte Observer,
7 Jan. 2026
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Other content in her round-up included a video of a lavish fireworks display, Alba lounging on the beach in a leopard print bikini and a fruit display with a custom coconut at One&Only Palmilla Los Cabos resort in Mexico.—
Angel Saunders,
PEOPLE,
6 Jan. 2026
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“Sumptuous.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/sumptuous. Accessed 11 Jan. 2026.
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