luxury

Speech parts

1. luxury - Noun

2. luxury - Adjective

Meaning

A free indulgence in costly food, dress, furniture, or anything expensive which gratifies the appetites or tastes.

Anything which pleases the senses, and is also costly, or difficult to obtain; an expensive rarity; as, silks, jewels, and rare fruits are luxuries; in some countries ice is a great luxury.

Lechery; lust.

Luxuriance; exuberance.

Source: Webster's dictionary

Synonyms

luxe delicacy gratification opulence lavishness luxuriousness sumptuosity sumptuousness babylonian clover goody parr bliss ritz lux

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Antonyms

necessity providence spartan millstone common must

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Hypernyms

indulgence wealth self-indulgence wealthiness expensiveness

Phrases with the word

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Derivatives

luxuries

Examples

The saddest thing I can imagine is to get used to luxury. Charlie Chaplin

Some people think luxury is the opposite of poverty. It is not. It is the opposite of vulgarity. Coco Chanel

All luxury corrupts either the morals or the taste. Joseph Joubert

Beauty is the sister of idleness and the mother of luxury. Russian Proverb

Cleanliness is the luxury of the poor. Mexican Proverb

Anger can be an expensive luxury. Italian Proverb

Close letter words and terms

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