Dictionary

voluptuous en · ADJ

Pronunciation

• /vəˈlʌp.t͡ʃu.əs/ (US)
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Etymology

From Middle French voluptueux, from Latin voluptuōsus (“delightful”), from voluptās (“pleasure, delight”), from volup (“with pleasure”).

Meanings

1. Characterized or marked by full, generous, pleasurable sensation.
   • The plentiful blankets and the voluptuous pillows of the bed called out to my tired body.
   • Thus we lay, whilst a voluptuous languor possest, and still maintain'd us motionless and fast locked in one another's arms 1749, [John Cleland], “(Please specify the letter or volume)”, in Memoirs of a Woman of Pleasure [Fanny Hill], London: […] [Thomas Parker] for G. Fenton [i.e., Fenton and Ralph Griffiths] […], →OCLC:
   • It was upon riches he founded his claim to importance; riches could alone supply the enjoyments of luxury; those voluptuous pleasures upon which the sensualist refines, and without which life appears but a mere vegetative existence, unproductive of enjoyment. 1838, [Letitia Elizabeth] Landon (indicated as editor), chapter III, in Duty and Inclination: […], volume III, London: Henry Colburn, […], →OCLC, page 24:
2. (of a person) Curvaceous and sexually attractive.
   • She was very dark skinned and has a voluptuous figure that she showed off with her stylish purple dress. 2018, Nnedi Okorafor, Who Fears Death, HarperVoyager, page 35:
   • The low neckline of her bodice emphasized her plump, voluptuous figure.

Forms

Antonyms

slender

Deriveds

voluptuousness · unvoluptuous · voluptuously · volumptuous

Hypernyms

overweight · sexy · shapely

Hyponyms

busty · callipygian

Relateds

beautiful woman

Synonyms

well-endowed · sexy · toothsome · chubby · sonsy · thicc · sensual (pleasurable sensation) · well-proportioned · voluptuous · curvy · luscious · built · zaftig · luxurious (pleasurable sensation) · pneumatic · buxom · embonpoint · thick · curvesome · curvaceous · Rubenesque · juicy · red-hot · full-figured

Translations (70)

it voluttuoso (curvaceous and sexually attractive) · da yppig (curvaceous and sexually attractive) · ru пы́шный (curvaceous and sexually attractive) · bg чувствен (suggestive of or characterized by full, generous, pleasurable sensation) · ru сластолюби́вый (suggestive of or characterized by full, generous, pleasurable sensation) · sv vällustig (suggestive of or characterized by full, generous, pleasurable sensation) · cmn 奢侈的 (suggestive of or characterized by full, generous, pleasurable sensation) · vi dâm (curvaceous and sexually attractive) · bg напета (curvaceous and sexually attractive) · cs vnadný (curvaceous and sexually attractive) · hu dús idomú (curvaceous and sexually attractive) · ka გრძნობითი (suggestive of or characterized by full, generous, pleasurable sensation) · nb vellystig (suggestive of or characterized by full, generous, pleasurable sensation) · cmn 體態豐滿的 /体态丰满的 (suggestive of or characterized by full, generous, pleasurable sensation) · pl ponętny (curvaceous and sexually attractive) · pt voluptuoso (suggestive of or characterized by full, generous, pleasurable sensation) · cmn 豪華的 /豪华的 (suggestive of or characterized by full, generous, pleasurable sensation) · es voluptuoso (curvaceous and sexually attractive) · la sūcidus (curvaceous and sexually attractive) · ca voluptuós (curvaceous and sexually attractive) · fr sensuel (suggestive of or characterized by full, generous, pleasurable sensation) · it formoso (curvaceous and sexually attractive) · cmn 肉感 (curvaceous and sexually attractive) · da vellystig (suggestive of or characterized by full, generous, pleasurable sensation) · ro voluptuos (curvaceous and sexually attractive) · fi hekumallinen (suggestive of or characterized by full, generous, pleasurable sensation) · sv frodig (curvaceous and sexually attractive) · sv yppig (curvaceous and sexually attractive) · gd sòghail (suggestive of or characterized by full, generous, pleasurable sensation) · ro voluptuos (suggestive of or characterized by full, generous, pleasurable sensation) · ru с краси́выми окру́глыми фо́рмами (curvaceous and sexually attractive) · sh raskošnih oblina (curvaceous and sexually attractive) · bg пищна (curvaceous and sexually attractive) · cs kyprý (curvaceous and sexually attractive) · ga teaspúil (suggestive of or characterized by full, generous, pleasurable sensation) · ga miangasach (suggestive of or characterized by full, generous, pleasurable sensation) · ja 豊満な (curvaceous and sexually attractive) · ru роско́шный (curvaceous and sexually attractive) · ga cuarúil (curvaceous and sexually attractive) · fr voluptueux (curvaceous and sexually attractive) · ca voluptuós (suggestive of or characterized by full, generous, pleasurable sensation) · es sensual (suggestive of or characterized by full, generous, pleasurable sensation) · hu telt (curvaceous and sexually attractive) · ka მოგოზილი (curvaceous and sexually attractive) · ja 肉感的な (curvaceous and sexually attractive) · nl voluptueus (curvaceous and sexually attractive) · fi nautinnollinen (suggestive of or characterized by full, generous, pleasurable sensation) · nb yppig (curvaceous and sexually attractive) · pt voluptuoso (curvaceous and sexually attractive) · ga macnasach (suggestive of or characterized by full, generous, pleasurable sensation) · cmn 豐滿 /丰满 (curvaceous and sexually attractive) · ru сладостра́стный (suggestive of or characterized by full, generous, pleasurable sensation) · ka ვნებიანი (suggestive of or characterized by full, generous, pleasurable sensation) · ja 官能的な (suggestive of or characterized by full, generous, pleasurable sensation) · ru фигу́ристый (curvaceous and sexually attractive) · cmn 凹凸有致 (curvaceous and sexually attractive) · gl voluptuoso (suggestive of or characterized by full, generous, pleasurable sensation) · is þrýstinn (curvaceous and sexually attractive) · gl voluptuoso (curvaceous and sexually attractive) · fr voluptueux (suggestive of or characterized by full, generous, pleasurable sensation) · bg сладостра́стен (suggestive of or characterized by full, generous, pleasurable sensation) · bg сексапилна (curvaceous and sexually attractive) · ro senzual (suggestive of or characterized by full, generous, pleasurable sensation) · fi muodokas (curvaceous and sexually attractive) · es voluptuoso (suggestive of or characterized by full, generous, pleasurable sensation) · fr plantureux (curvaceous and sexually attractive) · fr somptueux (suggestive of or characterized by full, generous, pleasurable sensation) · da sanselig (suggestive of or characterized by full, generous, pleasurable sensation) · da frodig (curvaceous and sexually attractive) · fi aistillinen (suggestive of or characterized by full, generous, pleasurable sensation)