Antonyms for luxurious

Grammar : Adj

Spell : luhg-zhoor-ee-uhs, luhk-shoor-

Phonetic Transcription : lʌgˈʒʊər i əs, lʌkˈʃʊər-

Definition of luxurious

Origin : c.1300, "lascivious, lecherous, unchaste," from Old French luxurios "lustful, lascivious" (Modern French luxurieux), from Latin luxuriosus, from luxuria (see luxury). Meaning "given to luxury, voluptuous" (of persons) is from c.1600. Of things, meaning "characterized by luxury" is attested from c.1650. Related: Luxuriously; luxuriousness.

adj affluent, indulgent

Example sentences :

There was a large bedroom and bath, and a luxurious study or lounging room.
Extract from : « City of Endless Night » by Milo Hastings

So Roland lived on week after week in luxurious thoughtlessness.
Extract from : « A Singer from the Sea » by Amelia Edith Huddleston Barr

Observe, that Darius was not the son of a king, and had not received a luxurious education.
Extract from : « Laws » by Plato

Men are conservatives when they are least vigorous, or when they are most luxurious.
Extract from : « Essays, Second Series » by Ralph Waldo Emerson

Athenaeus also mentions one Apion who wrote a book on luxurious living.
Extract from : « Cooking and Dining in Imperial Rome » by Apicius

These were a heavy price to pay for a life of luxurious indulgence.
Extract from : « Luttrell Of Arran » by Charles James Lever

As to his provisions for supper, they were not of a luxurious kind.
Extract from : « Chance » by Joseph Conrad

I rose and stretched myself with an ache of luxurious languor.
Extract from : « Dreamers of the Ghetto » by I. Zangwill

A screen and a luxurious couch an the fireplace side, stage Left.
Extract from : « The Skin Game (Fourth Series Plays) » by John Galsworthy

Everything in life seemed to be luxurious as it had never been before.
Extract from : « Memoirs » by Charles Godfrey Leland

Synonyms for luxurious

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