Synonyms for lushness
| Grammar : Noun |
| Spell : luhsh |
| Phonetic Transcription : lʌʃ |
Top 10 synonyms for lushness Other synonyms for the word lushness
- culture
- delicacy
- dignity
- discernment
- distinction
- effusiveness
- elegancy
- exaggeration
- excessiveness
- exquisiteness
- felicity
- fulsomeness
- gentility
- good taste
- grace
- gracefulness
- grandeur
- lavishness
- lushness
- luxuriance
- luxury
- magnificence
- nicety
- nobility
- noblesse
- ornateness
- plenitude
- plenty
- polish
- politeness
- poshness
- prodigality
- propriety
- purity
- refinement
- restraint
- rhythm
- sophistication
- splendor
- style
- sumptuousness
- superabundance
- superfluity
- symmetry
- tastefulness
- teemingness
Définition of lushness
Origin :- mid-15c., "lax, flaccid, soft, tender," from Old French lasche "soft, succulent," from laschier "loosen," from Late Latin laxicare "become shaky," related to Latin laxare "loosen," from laxus "loose" (see lax). Sense of "luxuriant in growth" is first attested c.1600, in Shakespeare. Applied to colors since 1744. Related: Lushly; lushness.
- As in urbanity : noun elegance
- As in elegance : noun cultivated beauty, taste
- As in exuberance : noun profusion
- There must be water somewhere; otherwise how account for the lushness of the vegetation?
- Extract from : « Prester John » by John Buchan
- Republics are notoriously susceptible, and here it grows with a lushness comparable only to the jungle.
- Extract from : « Diplomatic Days » by Edith O'Shaughnessy
- There is a looseness and lushness, a romanticism and balladry, in the work, that is not quite characteristic.
- Extract from : « Musical Portraits » by Paul Rosenfeld
Antonyms for lushness
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