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Antonyms for voluptuous

Grammar : Adj
Spell : vuh-luhp-choo-uh s
Phonetic Transcription : vəˈlʌp tʃu əs

Definition of voluptuous

Origin :
  • late 14c., "of desires or appetites," from Old French voluptueux, from Latin voluptuosus "full of pleasure, delightful," from voluptas "pleasure, delight," from volup "pleasurably," perhaps ultimately related to velle "to wish," from PIE *wol-/*wel- "be pleasing" (see will (v.)). Meaning "addicted to sensual pleasure" is recorded from mid-15c. Sense of "suggestive of sensual pleasure" is attested from 1816 (Byron); especially in reference to feminine beauty from 1839.
  • adj given to sensual pleasure; pleasurable to the senses
Example sentences :
  • He was as wicked as most of the race, fierce, violent, and voluptuous.
  • Extract from : « Cameos from English History, from Rollo to Edward II » by Charlotte Mary Yonge
  • He was too cowardly, too voluptuous to risk his tranquillity.
  • Extract from : « Therese Raquin » by Emile Zola
  • They despatch the day's weary chores, and fly to voluptuous reveries.
  • Extract from : « Essays, First Series » by Ralph Waldo Emerson
  • I have not schemed to win a pampered and voluptuous existence.
  • Extract from : « The Daltons, Volume II (of II) » by Charles James Lever
  • That sort of thing would only please a rich and voluptuous Turk.
  • Extract from : « The Memoires of Casanova, Complete » by Jacques Casanova de Seingalt
  • But at the moment she looked the picture of voluptuous abandon.
  • Extract from : « The Memoires of Casanova, Complete » by Jacques Casanova de Seingalt
  • Voluptuous enjoyment takes the place of energy—he is himself no longer.
  • Extract from : « Shoulder-Straps » by Henry Morford
  • How voluptuous, after all, in its holiest sense, is God's purpose for the pure in heart!
  • Extract from : « St. Cuthbert's » by Robert E. Knowles
  • There is a thrill of voluptuous sweetness in the thought of dying for it.
  • Extract from : « An Echo Of Antietam » by Edward Bellamy
  • Or Paris, Helena; or Vienna, the voluptuous, with her gay ways of life.
  • Extract from : « The Lady and the Pirate » by Emerson Hough

Synonyms for voluptuous

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