sumptuous
Meaning of sumptuous
- splendid and expensive-looking.
the banquet was a sumptuous, luxurious meal
late Middle English (in the sense ‘made or produced at great cost’): from Old French somptueux, from Latin sumptuosus, from sumptus ‘expenditure’ (see sumptuary).
Information about sumptuous
- It is an adjective.
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Hyphenation of sumptuous
sump-tu-ous
- It consists of 3 syllables and 9 chars.
- sumptuous is a word trisyllabic because it has three syllables
sumptuous synonyms
Meaning deluxe:
deluxe, gilded, grand, luxurious, opulent, princely
Meaning sumptuously rich, elaborate, or luxurious:
Meaning extremely beautiful, elaborate, or impressive:
Meaning attractive and impressive through being richly colourful or sumptuous:
Meaning beautiful; very attractive:
Meaning magnificent; very impressive:
Meaning lacking restraint in spending money or using resources:
Meaning very rich and providing great sensory pleasure:
Meaning resembling a palace in being spacious and splendid:
Meaning of expensive materials or workmanship; demonstrating wealth:
Meaning costing a lot; expensive:
Meaning costing a lot of money:
Meaning evoking admiration through size, quality, or skill; grand, imposing, or awesome:
Meaning grand and impressive in appearance:
Meaning richly luxurious and expensive:
Meaning expensively stylish:
Meaning stylishly luxurious and expensive:
Meaning impressively smart and fashionable:
sumptuous antonyms
Meaning having or showing a modest or low estimate of one's importance:
Meaning not decorated or elaborate; simple or basic in character:
Meaning low in price, especially in relation to similar items or services:
Anagrams of sumptuous
Words that rhyme with sumptuous
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