sumptuousness

noun

Definition of sumptuousnessnext
as in opulence

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Recent Examples of sumptuousness Each of the Maisons is represented via artifacts that tell their unique stories of sumptuousness and cultural dialogue that helped shape diplomacy, identity, and popular culture. — Nancy Olson, Forbes.com, 27 May 2026 In the sumptuousness of the bibliophile’s parlor, studying Black history occasioned reverent, joyous gatherings. — Laura E. Helton, Literary Hub, 20 Apr. 2026 Beading, feathers, and pony-hair textures bring sumptuousness to ballet flats, clutches, and ladylike handbags, while plush textures give cloud-like softness to pumps and and tote bags. — Cortne Bonilla, Vogue, 9 Nov. 2025 Chavarria and Onofre’s women’s styles boasted materials like goat suede, python leather, and rabbit fur, supplementing their sumptuousness with contemporary 3D printing inspired, curiously, by the shape of toes. — Stacia Datskovska, Footwear News, 3 Sep. 2019
Recent Examples of Synonyms for sumptuousness
  1. opulence
  2. lavishness
  3. magnificence
  4. richness
  5. grandeur
  6. luxury
  7. luxuriance
  8. resplendence
Noun
  • Reincarnated as a Mandarin Oriental in 2015 and given a contemporary update, the hotel exudes opulence and glamour.
    — Eddi Fiegel, Robb Report, 3 Sep. 2026
  • There were also stars who leaned into opulence this week, too.
    — Christian Allaire, Vogue, 30 Aug. 2026
Definition of opulence
Noun
  • Bezos and Sánchez Bezos received backlash for the event’s lavishness during global hardships.
    — Lynsey Eidell, PEOPLE, 19 Aug. 2026
  • The Vanity Fair of today embodies a certain sort of lavishness—an often unironic appreciation of and yearning for rich people things.
    — Naomi Skwarna, hazlitt.net, 13 Aug. 2026
Definition of lavishness
Noun
  • The magnificence of the AI renaissance has blinded our society to its pernicious creep into the arts.
    — David Barber, HollywoodReporter, 31 Aug. 2026
  • Upon being asked to bend the knee, Aegon delivers a fiery speech asserting his magnificence.
    — Amanda Whiting, Vulture, 3 Aug. 2026
Definition of magnificence
Noun
  • There’s no shortage of melty cheese, and a dash of half-and-half adds just the right amount of richness to the broth.
    — Lizzy Briskin, Better Homes & Gardens, 6 Sep. 2026
  • The result is a one-of-a-kind pattern, infused with Cucinelli’s signature mix of understatement and richness.
    — Jon Roth, Robb Report, 5 Sep. 2026
Definition of richness
Noun
  • Rome’s cultural superintendent, Claudio Parisi Presicce, said the grandeur of the port city as depicted in the fresco, with buildings, a theater and temple, public piazzas and towers, was particularly well conserved.
    — ABC News, ABC News, 8 Sep. 2026
  • It’s set on a remote farm nestled high in the Rocky Mountains in the early 1950s, and the images — of jutting peaks and plunging valleys, of endless stretches of pine, of the craggy frosted grandeur of it all — are vivid enough to carry you away.
    — Owen Gleiberman, Variety, 5 Sep. 2026
Definition of grandeur
Noun
  • The $130 billion Indian wedding market is one of luxury’s biggest opportunities.
    — Sujata Assomull, Vogue, 3 Sep. 2026
  • For private luxury on a grand scale, the Salamanca Suite and even larger Anglada House Suite (pictured) have spacious terraces with superb city views; here, the hotel can arrange for a private chef to prepare lunches or dinners.
    — Eddi Fiegel, Robb Report, 3 Sep. 2026
Definition of luxury
Noun
  • But then, what is art if not an attempt to tidy up the real world’s teeming luxuriance?
    — Sebastian Smee, Washington Post, 5 Dec. 2023
  • The comic luxuriance of Roman references should not blind us to the significance of these constant appeals to the Roman Republic and to classical virtue.
    — Adam Gopnik, The New Yorker, 24 Oct. 2022
Definition of luxuriance
Noun
  • The mild-mannered DiLiegro has firm opinions about everything from meat-cutting to the resplendence of the Boston Red Sox.
    — Los Angeles Times, Los Angeles Times, 5 Aug. 2022
  • All articles that coruscate with resplendence are not, ipso facto, auriferous.
    — Richard Lederer, San Diego Union-Tribune, 2 Oct. 2021
Definition of resplendence

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