luscious
Americanadjective
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highly pleasing to the taste or smell.
luscious peaches.
- Synonyms:
- palatable, delectable
- Antonyms:
- unpalatable, disgusting
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richly satisfying to the senses or the mind.
the luscious style of his poetry.
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richly adorned; luxurious.
luscious furnishings.
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arousing physical, or sexual, desire; voluptuous.
a luscious figure.
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sweet to excess; cloying.
adjective
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extremely pleasurable, esp to the taste or smell
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very attractive
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archaic cloying
Related Words
See delicious.
Other Word Forms
- lusciously adverb
- lusciousness noun
- overluscious adjective
- overlusciously adverb
- overlusciousness noun
Etymology
Origin of luscious
1375–1425; late Middle English lucius, unexplained variant of licius, aphetic variant of delicious
Example Sentences
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Done up in a luscious dark-red paint scheme, it has a removable roof over the front seats, putting your chauffeur out in the elements while you sit in back, away from prying eyes.
From The Wall Street Journal • Feb. 16, 2026
Samsung showed off luscious flower fields on a 130-inch beast that’s more highway billboard than home TV.
From The Wall Street Journal • Jan. 11, 2026
They live in stylish houses surrounded by luscious greenery, woodland, a meadow and a river.
From BBC • Jul. 18, 2025
Yes, I suppose, but only to improve our home in Culver City, give us a luscious yard and a new paved driveway.
From Los Angeles Times • Jun. 20, 2025
After the first day, he wonders if they are visiting only for the food, entranced by the luscious crackle of fresh-baked bread in boulangeries and the sheer variety of cheeses.
From "The Night Circus" by Erin Morgenstern
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