Antonyms for luxury

Grammar : Noun

Spell : luhk-shuh-ree, luhg-zhuh-

Phonetic Transcription : ˈlʌk ʃə ri, ˈlʌg ʒə-

Definition of luxury

Origin : c.1300, "sexual intercourse;" mid-14c., "lasciviousness, sinful self-indulgence," from Old French luxurie "debauchery, dissoluteness, lust" (Modern French luxure), from Latin luxuria "excess, luxury, extravagance, profusion; delicacy" (cf. Spanish lujuria, Italian lussuria), from luxus "excess, extravagance, magnificence," probably a figurative use of luxus (adj.) "dislocated," which is related to luctari "wrestle, strain" (see reluctance).
Meaning "sensual pleasure" is late 14c. Lost its pejorative taint 17c. Meaning "habit of indulgence in what is choice or costly" is from 1630s; that of "sumptuous surroundings" is from 1704; that of "something enjoyable or comfortable beyond life's necessities" is from 1780. Used as an adjective from 1916.

noun great pleasure, indulgence

Example sentences :

And jest when I was lookin' forward to luxury and palaces in England, and everything so grand!
Extract from : « The Spenders » by Harry Leon Wilson

He was trying to fit his own ideas of luxury to a garden hose and a city street.
Extract from : « K » by Mary Roberts Rinehart

I often said, 'It does not really belong to us, and we are living in luxury from the property of another.
Extract from : « Rico and Wiseli » by Johanna Spyri

And as for cold and nakedness, they are evils introduced by luxury and custom.
Extract from : « Joseph Andrews, Vol. 2 » by Henry Fielding

It was a luxury so penetrating and powerful that it affected him like an opiate.
Extract from : « The Rock of Chickamauga » by Joseph A. Altsheler

You said, 'It grieved you that I was poor; that you could not restore to me the luxury and wealth I had lost.'
Extract from : « Calderon The Courtier » by Edward Bulwer-Lytton

This is a very modest narrative of fact, and we could not afford so dramatic a luxury as that.
Extract from : « The Hunted Outlaw » by Anonymous

I belong to a profession in which that luxury is sometimes denied us.'
Extract from : « Little Dorrit » by Charles Dickens

I am, myself, as great an enemy to the luxury and splendour of the clergy as he can be.
Extract from : « Joseph Andrews Vol. 1 » by Henry Fielding

I was in despair, though, for I felt that I could not live without comfort and luxury.
Extract from : « My Double Life » by Sarah Bernhardt

Synonyms for luxury

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