LUXURIOUS

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does luxurious mean? 

• LUXURIOUS (adjective)
  The adjective LUXURIOUS has 2 senses:

1. displaying luxury and furnishing gratification to the senses

2. ostentatiously rich and superior in quality

  Familiarity information: LUXURIOUS used as an adjective is rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• LUXURIOUS (adjective)

Sense 1

Meaning:

Displaying luxury and furnishing gratification to the senses

Synonyms:

epicurean; luxuriant; luxurious; sybaritic; voluptuary; voluptuous

Context example:

a chinchilla robe of sybaritic lavishness

Similar:

indulgent (characterized by or given to yielding to the wishes of someone)

Derivation:

luxuriousness (wealth as evidenced by sumptuous living)

Sense 2

Meaning:

Ostentatiously rich and superior in quality

Synonyms:

deluxe; gilded; grand; lush; luxurious; opulent; princely; sumptuous

Context example:

these architecture magazines are full of the lush interiors of the rich and famous

Similar:

rich (suggestive of or characterized by great expense)

Derivation:

luxuriousness (wealth as evidenced by sumptuous living)

luxury (something that is an indulgence rather than a necessity)

luxury (the quality possessed by something that is excessively expensive)

luxury (wealth as evidenced by sumptuous living)

 Context examples 

You may be invited to an event, and if so, it is likely to be quite luxurious, for Venus rules pampering experiences.

(AstrologyZone.com, by Susan Miller)

Not only were we sure of being dry and warm and sheltered from the wind, but we had the softest and most luxurious mattresses that could be made from moss.

(The Sea-Wolf, by Jack London)

My dear Copperfield, said Mr. Micawber, this is luxurious.

(David Copperfield, by Charles Dickens)

It is a great deal more natural than one could wish, that a young man, brought up by those who are proud, luxurious, and selfish, should be proud, luxurious, and selfish too.

(Emma, by Jane Austen)

Was this the luxurious Lord John Roxton who had sat that evening in the Albany amidst his Persian rugs and his pictures in the pink radiance of the tinted lights?

(The Lost World, by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle)

There were none in her father's house; but wealth is luxurious and daring, and some of hers found its way to a circulating library.

(Mansfield Park, by Jane Austen)

In the window was a sumptuous writing-desk, and every detail of the apartment, the pictures, the rugs, and the hangings, all pointed to a taste which was luxurious to the verge of effeminacy.

(The Return of Sherlock Holmes, by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle)

Through the glass paneling I caught a glimpse of a large and luxurious room, in which a considerable number of men were sitting about and reading papers, each in his own little nook.

(The Memoirs of Sherlock Holmes, by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle)

Hannah hated rain as much as a cat does so she made no trouble, and they rolled away in the luxurious close carriage, feeling very festive and elegant.

(Little Women, by Louisa May Alcott)

There was every reason to believe that she intended to remain for the season in her luxurious rooms overlooking the lake.

(His Last Bow, by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle)