Tikibu: pronunciation dictionary with use examples

Word: voluptuous
IPA transcription: [vəl'ʌptʃəwəs]
adverb meaning of the word
  • Synonyms: juicy, luscious, red-hot, toothsome, voluptuous
    Meaning: having strong sexual appeal; "juicy barmaids"; "a red-hot mama"; "a voluptuous woman"; "a toothsome blonde in a tight dress"
Usage examples
  • It was a voluptuous scene, that masquerade.
  • Fyodor Pavlovitch had much to think of, but never had his heart been steeped in such voluptuous hopes.
  • Cold and heat were indifferent to him: meat and drink he sought as supplies to the necessities of nature, not as gratifications of his voluptuous appetites.
  • To-night he had left his proofs untouched on the writing-table, and had settled himself comfortably to his pipe, with the voluptuous satisfaction of a man who has put off a disagreeable duty.
  • Venuses and Apollos condemned to lie hid in snow three parts of the year seemed equally displaced, and called the attention off from the surrounding sublimity, without inspiring any voluptuous sensations.