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- DictionaryLus·cious/ˈləSHəs/
adjective
- 1. (of food or wine) having a pleasingly rich, sweet taste: "a luscious and fragrant dessert wine"
1. a. : having a delicious taste or smell : sweet. chocolate cake with a luscious whipped cream topping. b. archaic : excessively sweet : cloying. 2. : sexually attractive : seductive, sexy. a luscious actress. 3. a. : richly luxurious or appealing to the senses.
1. highly pleasing to the taste or smell: luscious peaches. 2. richly satisfying to the senses or the mind: the luscious style of his poetry. 3. richly adorned; luxurious: luscious furnishings. 4. arousing physical or sexual desire. 5. sweet to excess; cloying.
highly pleasing to the taste or smell: luscious peaches. Synonyms: palatable, delectable. Antonyms: unpalatable, disgusting. richly satisfying to the senses or the mind: the luscious style of his poetry. richly adorned; luxurious: luscious furnishings.
having a pleasant sweet taste or smell: luscious fruit tarts and cream pies. Luscious can also mean pleasing to see, hear, or feel: She slipped into her luscious pale pink silk pajamas. (Definition of luscious from the Cambridge Academic Content Dictionary © Cambridge University Press)
Calling something luscious means it's appealing and incredibly pleasing to the senses. That goes for good-looking people as well as a rich piece of chocolate cake. An adjective meaning richly appealing or scrumptious, luscious is actually believed to be a shortened version of delicious.
lus•cious (lush′ əs), adj. highly pleasing to the taste or smell: luscious peaches. richly satisfying to the senses or the mind: the luscious style of his poetry. richly adorned; luxurious: luscious furnishings. arousing physical, or sexual, desire; voluptuous: a luscious figure.
If you describe a person or something about them as luscious, you mean that you find them or this thing sexually attractive.
Sickeningly sweet or full-flavored; cloying. Webster's New World. Similar definitions. Obscene. Wiktionary. Synonyms: heavenly. delicious. delightful. darling. enchanting. delectable. charming. pleasant-tasting. scrumptious. toothsome. yummy. red-hot.
Jun 2, 2024 · luscious (comparative more luscious, superlative most luscious) Sweet and pleasant; delicious.
sexually attractive. Definition of luscious adjective in Oxford Advanced Learner's Dictionary. Meaning, pronunciation, picture, example sentences, grammar, usage notes, synonyms and more.