luxury
Definitions
- Very wealthy and comfortable surroundings; the state of being that they create.
- Very wealthy and comfortable surroundings; the state of being that they create
- Something desirable but expensive and that one can live without.
- Something desirable but expensive and that one can live without
- Something that is pleasant and desirable but not necessary in life (whether expensive or not).
- Something that is pleasant and desirable but not necessary in life (whether expensive or not)
- Lustfulness; sexual desire or attraction.
- Lustfulness; sexual desire or attraction
- Copulation; the act or action of sex.
- Copulation; the act or action of sex
Equivalents
Examples
“Near-synonyms: splendor, grandeur, grandness, decadence”
““[…] We are engaged in a great work⟳, a treatise on our river fortifications, perhaps? But since when did army officers afford⟳ the luxury of amanuenses in this simple republic? […]””
“And with Millennial and Gen Z consumers accounting for a growing proportion of spending, the luxury market is increasingly sensitive to the social and environmental causes they identify⟳ with. […] With all this in mind⟳, here are CNN Style’s best small luxuries for the conscientious gift giver: […]”
“As the 1857 to Manchester Piccadilly rolls in, I scan⟳ the windows and realise⟳ there are plenty of spare⟳ seats, so I hop aboard. The train⟳ is a '221'+'220' combo to allow⟳ for social distancing - a luxury on an XC train⟳ as normally you're playing sardines, so I make⟳ the most of it.”
“Fie on sinnefull phantasie: Fie on Lust, and Luxurie:”
“Let⟳ not the Royall Bed of Denmark be / A Couch for Luxury and damned Incest.”
CEFR level
B2
Upper Intermediate
This word is part of the CEFR B2 vocabulary — upper intermediate level.
This word is part of the CEFR B2 vocabulary — upper intermediate level.
See also
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