Voluptuous - English meaning

adjective

Having been deserted or left.

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An abandoned car

verb

Cease to support or look after (someone); desert.

Usage examples:

Her natural mother had abandoned her at an early age

adjective

Powerfully and mysteriously attractive or fascinating; seductive.

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The town offers alluring shops and restaurants

verb

Powerfully attract or charm; tempt.

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Will sponsors really be allured by such opportunities?

adjective

Attractive or exciting

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I didn't find the prospect of a house with no electricity very alluring., she was wearing a most al…

adjective

Enough or more than enough; plentiful.

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There is ample time for discussion

adjective

(of a woman) plump, with a full figure and large breasts.

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A buxom blonde

adjective

Relating to physical, especially sexual, needs and activities.

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Carnal desire

adjective

Relating to the physical feelings and desires of the body

adjective

Having an attractively curved shape (used especially of a woman or a woman's figure).

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A curvaceous young woman

adjective

Having curves.

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Curvy lines

adjective

Characterized by or reflecting a state of moral or cultural decline.

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A decaying, decadent britain

noun

A person who is luxuriously self-indulgent.

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For half a million dollars, he offers rich decadents the chance to lead a deadly safari

adjective

A decadent person or group has low moral standards

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A decadent society, the decadent court surrounding the king, humorous champagne and chocolates for …

adjective

(of a person or way of life) overindulging in sensual pleasures.

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Dissipated behaviour

verb

(with reference to a feeling or emotion) disappear or cause to disappear.

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The concern she'd felt for him had wholly dissipated

adjective

Spending too much time enjoying physical pleasures and harmful activities such as drinking a lot of alcohol

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He recalled his dissipated youth spent in nightclubs and bars.

adjective

(of a person or a way of life) overindulging in sensual pleasures.

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Unfortunately, his heir was feckless and dissolute

adjective

Showing a lack of good character and morals; immoral

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A dissolute life

noun

A disciple or student of the greek philosopher epicurus.

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They lift the curtain on a hitherto unknown community of philosophical debate among epicureans and …

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Relating to epicurus or his ideas.

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Epicurean philosophers

adjective

Getting pleasure from food and drink of high quality

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Having a fairly large, heavy body with rounded parts, especially large breasts and hips

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We have been pushing the fashion industry to accept and celebrate full-figured women.

adjective

Engaged in the pursuit of pleasure; sensually self-indulgent.

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A hedonistic existence of booze, drugs, and parties

adjective

Living and behaving in ways that mean you have as much pleasure as possible, according to the belief that the most important thing in life is to enjoy yourself

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Had raphael been alive today, his hedonistic lifestyle would have generated as many headlines as hi…

adjective

Not sensible or restrained; excessive.

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Immoderate drinking

adjective

Too much or many, or more than is usual or reasonable

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Immoderate drinking, immoderate demands

adjective

Having or indicating a readiness or over-readiness to be generous to or lenient with someone.

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Indulgent parents

adjective

Allowing someone to have or do what they want, especially when this is not good for them

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Indulgent relatives, an indulgent smile, he had been a strict father but was indulgent to/towards h…

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Having or showing a lack of self-control; immoderate.

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Intemperate outbursts concerning global conspiracies

adjective

Showing anger or violence that is too extreme and not well controlled

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An intemperate outburst, intemperate language, the governor said he would not be provoked into inte…

adjective

(of a woman) imposingly tall and shapely.

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A handsome junoesque woman

adjective

Promiscuous and unprincipled in sexual matters.

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The ruler's tyrannical and licentious behaviour

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(especially of a person or their behaviour) sexual in an uncontrolled and socially unacceptable way

adjective

(of food or drink) having a pleasingly rich, sweet taste.

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A luscious and fragrant dessert wine

adjective

Having a pleasant sweet taste or smell

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Luscious fruit tarts and cream pies, she slipped into her luscious pale pink silk pajamas.

adjective

(of vegetation, especially grass) growing luxuriantly.

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Lush greenery and cultivated fields

noun

A heavy drinker, especially a habitual one.

Usage examples:

A lush who doesn't make very much sense most of the time

verb

Make (someone) drunk.

Usage examples:

Mr hobart got so lushed up he was spilling drinks down his shirt

adjective

Ostentatiously costly and luxurious.

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The opulent comfort of a limousine

adjective

Rich in appearance; showing great wealth

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He lived an opulent lifestyle that included sports cars and enormous homes.

noun

The practice of always trying to do things that make you happy, rather than working or doing other useful activities

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Much of his time was spent in self-indulgent pleasure-seeking., he lived through the manic pleasure…

adjective

Tempting and attractive; enticing.

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A seductive voice

adjective

Making you do, have, or believe something because it is very attractive

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Their marketing campaign was slick and seductive., a seductive black dress

adjective

Allowing yourself to have or do anything you want

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A lot of the poetry is just self-indulgent nonsense., my parents’ trip to hawaii was an unusual sel…

adjective

Relating to or involving gratification of the senses and physical, especially sexual, pleasure.

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The production of the ballet is sensual and passionate

adjective

Expressing or suggesting physical pleasure

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A sensual mouth, they shared the sensual satisfaction of french food.

adjective

Relating to or affecting the senses rather than the intellect.

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The work showed a deliberate disregard of the more sensuous and immediately appealing aspects of pa…

adjective

Pleasing to the physical senses

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Her flower garden is a totally sensuous environment., he's won critical raves for his sensuous desi…

adjective

(especially of a woman or part of her body) having an attractive or well-proportioned shape.

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The shots have been manipulated to enhance the star's shapely figure

adjective

Having an attractive appearance

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Businesswomen are wearing shapely suits.

adjective

(of the air or weather) hot and humid.

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The sultry late summer weather had brought swarms of insects

adjective

(of weather) very hot and humid (= with air that contains very small drops of water)

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It was a sultry night, and i was walking home., a sultry dance

adjective

Fond of sensuous luxury or pleasure; self-indulgent.

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Their opulent and sybaritic lifestyle