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voluptuous

US/vəˈlʌp.t͡ʃu.əs/

voluptuous adjective: characterized or marked by full, generous, pleasurable sensation.

Adjective

voluptuous (comparative more voluptuous, superlative most voluptuous)

  1. Characterized or marked by full, generous, pleasurable sensation.
    • The plentiful blankets and the voluptuous pillows of the bed called out to my tired body.
    • Thus we lay, whilst a voluptuous languor possest, and still maintain'd us motionless and fast locked in one another's arms1749, [John Cleland], “(Please specify the letter or volume)”, in Memoirs of a Woman of Pleasure [Fanny Hill], London: […] [Thomas Parker] for G. Fenton [i.e., Fenton and Ralph Griffiths] […], →OCLC
    Synonyms:
    sensual, luxurious
  2. Curvaceous and sexually attractive.
    • The low neckline of her bodice emphasized her plump, voluptuous figure.
    • She was very dark skinned and has a voluptuous figure that she showed off with her stylish purple dress.2018, Nnedi Okorafor, Who Fears Death, HarperVoyager, page 35

voluptuous meaning in Hindi, Urdu, Malayalam and Kannada

voluptuous in Hindi

voluptuous, sensual
ऐयाश aiyāś

voluptuous in Urdu

عیاش, سڈول, شہوت انگیز, شہوت خیز

voluptuous in Malayalam

shapely, full-figured, curvaceous
മാദകത്തിടമ്പായ, മദാലസയായ, വടിവൊത്ത ശരീരമുള്ള, ആകാരഭംഗിയുള്ള, ആകാരസൗഷ്ഠവമുള്ള, സുരൂപമുള്ള
sybaritic, hedonistic, epicurean
ലെെംഗികവാസനയുള്ള, സുഖാസക്തിയുള്ള, കാമാസക്തമായ, ആനന്ദവാദിയായ, ഭോഗാസക്തനായ, കാമവൃത്ത

voluptuous in Kannada

ಭೋಗಲಾಲಸನಾದ, ಇಂದ್ರಿಯಾಸಕ್ತ, ಕಾಮುಕನಾದ, ಭೋಗಲೋಲುಪ, ವಿಷಯಾಸಕ್ತ, ಇಂದ್ರಿಯಗಳನ್ನು ಕೆರಳಿಸುವ
More languagesFewer languages
voluptuous in Vietnamese
dâm

Examples of voluptuous in a sentence

  • The spoonerism "Burly Chassis" is a punning reference to Shirley Bassey's voluptuous figure.
  • “I smell somethin’ crawfishy that wants to add more pounds to my already voluptuous curves.”
  • Moll's coprolagnic fetichist found a voluptuous pleasure in his own acts of defecation.

All 16 example sentences with voluptuous

Synonyms of voluptuous

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Antonyms

All synonyms and antonyms of voluptuous

Forms of voluptuous

comparativemore voluptuous
superlativemost voluptuous

Origin of voluptuous

From Middle French voluptueux, from Latin voluptuōsus (“delightful”), from voluptās (“pleasure, delight”), from volup (“with pleasure”).

Words formed from voluptuous

Questions about voluptuous

What does voluptuous mean?
Voluptuous means characterized or marked by full, generous, pleasurable sensation.
What is voluptuous in Hindi?
Voluptuous in Hindi is ऐयाश (aiyāś). See Voluptuous meaning in Hindi.
What part of speech is voluptuous?
Voluptuous is an adjective.
How do you pronounce voluptuous?
Voluptuous is pronounced /vəˈlʌp.t͡ʃu.əs/ (US).

Words near voluptuous in the dictionary

  1. voluptuate
  2. voluptuated
  3. voluptuates
  4. voluptuating
  5. voluptuosity
  6. voluptuous
  7. voluptuously
  8. voluptuousness
  9. voluptuousnesses
  10. volupty
  11. Volusia

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Adapted from Wiktionary: voluptuous (page history and authors); ऐयाश (Hindi) (page history and authors); voluptuous (Urdu Wiktionary) (page history and authors); voluptuous (Olam, E.K. Kurup corpus) (dataset and license); voluptuous (Kannada Wiktionary) (page history and authors). 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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