Meaning & use

voluptuous

adjective·Advanced

Having a full, curvaceous figure, or richly pleasurable to the senses.

See it in a sentence

The painting depicted a voluptuous woman reclining on velvet cushions.

The dessert had a voluptuous richness that made even one slice feel indulgent.

A note on using this word

Volumptious is a common misspelling; voluptuous has no extra m, coming from the Latin voluptas, meaning pleasure.

Words with a similar meaning

curvaceoussensuous

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Words with an opposite meaning

slightspare

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