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luxurious

/lʌɡˈʒʊəɹi.əs/

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British/lʌɡˈʒɵːɹɪjəs/

luxurious adjective: very fine in quality and comfortable.

Adjective

luxurious (comparative more luxurious, superlative most luxurious)

  1. Very fine in quality and comfortable.
    • a luxurious hotel suite
    • With her luxurious furnishings and spacious accommodation the Invicta, which is 350-ft. long and has a gross tonnage of 4,178, resembles a small liner.1947 January and February, “Notes and News: New Southern Channel Steamer”, in Railway Magazine, page 49
    Antonyms:
    basic, impoverished, poor
  2. (dated) Enjoying the pleasures of luxury, accustomed to luxury.
    • Invalids, and luxurious persons, require more artificial arrangements for travelling on the camel.1856, George P. Marsh, The Camel: His Organization Habits and Uses Considered with Reference to His Introduction into the United States, pages 115-116
    • When one looks at the elegantly dressed people round the gaming table, who perhaps laugh at everything which impresses other people with awe, who scoff at the Church and the Bible, one could scarcely think it possible that these enlightened, pleasure-loving, luxurious men of the world, carry on in...1857, Lectures Delivered Before the Young Men's Christian Association, (Please provide the book title or journal name)
    Antonyms:
    ascetic, abstemious

luxurious meaning in Hindi, Tamil, Marathi and Urdu

luxurious in Hindi

आलीशान

luxurious in Tamil

இன்ப வாழ்விற்கேற்ற, பகட்டான, மீவசதியான

luxurious in Marathi

आलिशान

luxurious in Urdu

عیاش, فراواں, پرشوکت, ٹھاٹ کا
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luxurious in Telugu
విలాసవంతమైనది, విలాసవంతమైన, విలాసవంతమైనవి
luxurious in Malayalam
അതിസുഖാവഹമായ, ആഡംബരസമൃദ്ധിയുള്ള, ആഡംബരഘോഷമുള്ള, ആഡംബരം നിറഞ്ഞ
luxurious in Kannada
ಸೊಗಸಾದ, ಪದಪಿನ, ಬೆಲೆ ಬಾಳುವ, ಭೋಗಾಸಕ್ತ
luxurious in Punjabi
ਆਲੀਸ਼ਾਨ
luxurious in Odia
ବିଳାସପୂର୍ଣ୍ଣ, ବିଳାସପୂର୍ଣ୍ଣ |
luxurious in Arabic
فَخْم faḵm
luxurious in Vietnamese
sang trọng

Examples of luxurious in a sentence

  • He has spent ten years lovingly restoring a rather luxurious tonneau with teak panelling and leather seats.
  • Adding nibs as a scrubbing agent to soap is easy and creates a luxurious experience.
  • The “inclusive and nonbinary” collection consists of slipdresses, dayjamas, tops and bottoms, and robes in luxurious silk.

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Synonyms of luxurious

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Antonyms

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Forms of luxurious

comparativemore luxurious
superlativemost luxurious

Origin of luxurious

From Middle English luxurious, from Old French luxurios (modern French luxurieux), from Latin lū̆xuriōsus (“rank, luxuriant, profuse, excessive, immoderate”), from lū̆xuria (“rankness, luxury”), from lū̆xus (“extravagance, luxury”). By surface analysis, luxury + -ous.

Words formed from luxurious

Questions about luxurious

What does luxurious mean?
Luxurious means very fine in quality and comfortable.
What is luxurious in Hindi?
Luxurious in Hindi is आलीशान. See Luxurious meaning in Hindi.
What part of speech is luxurious?
Luxurious is an adjective.
How do you pronounce luxurious?
Luxurious is pronounced /lʌɡˈʒʊəɹi.əs/ (UK).

Words near luxurious in the dictionary

  1. luxuriation
  2. luxuriations
  3. luxurient
  4. luxuries
  5. luxuriosity
  6. luxurious
  7. luxuriously
  8. luxuriousness
  9. luxuriousnesses
  10. luxurist
  11. luxurists

Source and license

Adapted from Wiktionary: luxurious (page history and authors); luxurious (Hindi, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); luxurious (Tamil Wiktionary) (page history and authors); luxurious (Marathi, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); luxurious (Urdu Wiktionary) (page history and authors); luxurious (Telugu, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); luxurious (Olam, E.K. Kurup corpus) (dataset and license); luxurious (Kannada Wiktionary) (page history and authors); luxurious (Punjabi, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); luxurious (Odia, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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