Sumptuous
adjective
Extremely beautiful and luxurious.
They stayed in a sumptuous suite in the finest hotel in town.
Often appears as...
- sumptuous meal
- sumptuous feast
adjective
Richly impressive; costly.
The sumptuous, richly decorated hall left the guests in awe.
Often appears as...
- sumptuous decoration
- sumptuous attire
adjective
Extremely beautiful and luxurious.
They stayed in a sumptuous suite in the finest hotel in town.
Often appears as...
- sumptuous meal
- sumptuous feast
adjective
Richly impressive; costly.
The sumptuous, richly decorated hall left the guests in awe.
Often appears as...
- sumptuous decoration
- sumptuous attire
Definition 1 of 2
Pro Tip 1/3Affluence Imagery
Use 'sumptuous' to evoke images of wealth, luxury, and high quality, often suggesting excess.
The gala featured a sumptuous display of gourmet foods and vintage wines.
Pro Tip 2/3Positive Emotion
'Sumptuous' implies a positive, pleasing experience—something to be enjoyed and admired.
The artist's sumptuous use of colors captured everyone's attention.
Pro Tip 3/3Visual Impression
Often applies to visual elements like decor, design, or fashion that seem opulent.
She wore a sumptuous velvet gown to the premiere.
Pro Tip 1/3Affluence Imagery
Use 'sumptuous' to evoke images of wealth, luxury, and high quality, often suggesting excess.
The gala featured a sumptuous display of gourmet foods and vintage wines.
Pro Tip 2/3Positive Emotion
'Sumptuous' implies a positive, pleasing experience—something to be enjoyed and admired.
The artist's sumptuous use of colors captured everyone's attention.
Pro Tip 3/3Visual Impression
Often applies to visual elements like decor, design, or fashion that seem opulent.
She wore a sumptuous velvet gown to the premiere.
Pro Tip 1/3Affluence Imagery
Use 'sumptuous' to evoke images of wealth, luxury, and high quality, often suggesting excess.
The gala featured a sumptuous display of gourmet foods and vintage wines.
Pro Tip 2/3Positive Emotion
'Sumptuous' implies a positive, pleasing experience—something to be enjoyed and admired.
The artist's sumptuous use of colors captured everyone's attention.
Pro Tip 3/3Visual Impression
Often applies to visual elements like decor, design, or fashion that seem opulent.
She wore a sumptuous velvet gown to the premiere.
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The science behind the...
Starving and exhausted, some of the men stumble upon a palatial home where a stunning woman welcomes them inside for a sumptuous feast. Of course, this all turns out to be too good to be true. The woman, in fact, is the nefarious sorceress Circe, and as soon as the soldiers have eaten their fill at her table,
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Tracy Chevalier: Finding...
And he decides to paint her. He has her wear very plain clothes. Now, all of the women, or most of the women in Vermeer's other paintings wore velvet, silk, fur, very sumptuous materials.
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The science behind the...
Starving and exhausted, some of the men stumble upon a palatial home where a stunning woman welcomes them inside for a sumptuous feast. Of course, this all turns out to be too good to be true. The woman, in fact, is the nefarious sorceress Circe, and as soon as the soldiers have eaten their fill at her table,
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Tracy Chevalier: Finding...
And he decides to paint her. He has her wear very plain clothes. Now, all of the women, or most of the women in Vermeer's other paintings wore velvet, silk, fur, very sumptuous materials.
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Quote examples
Sarah Hall
English Writer
When you are a kid, a wolf is an amazing sight, so sumptuous. I sort of knew these were splendid creatures, that I was not going to find them outside roaming around. It was like a dog, but not a dog. It was incredible, a god!
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Albert Camus
French Philosopher
I grew up with the sea, and poverty for me was sumptuous; then I lost the sea and found all luxuries gray and poverty unbearable.
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Jeff Giles
American Editor
Tim Burton's 'Sleepy Hollow' has got to be the most gorgeous, sumptuous, painterly movie ever made about multiple decapitations.
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Emmy Rossum
American Actress
It is very grand and sumptuous and awesome to look at but it was really about the characters for me.
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Johann Georg Hamann
German Philosopher
Thus the public use of reason and freedom is nothing but a dessert, a sumptuous dessert.
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R. W. Apple, Jr.
American Journalist
The product of extraordinary wealth allied to a taste for the sumptuous.
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Matt Smith
English Actor
I thought 'Skyfall' was a sumptuous film.
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Sarah Hall
English Writer
When you are a kid, a wolf is an amazing sight, so sumptuous. I sort of knew these were splendid creatures, that I was not going to find them outside roaming around. It was like a dog, but not a dog. It was incredible, a god!
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Albert Camus
French Philosopher
I grew up with the sea, and poverty for me was sumptuous; then I lost the sea and found all luxuries gray and poverty unbearable.
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Jeff Giles
American Editor
Tim Burton's 'Sleepy Hollow' has got to be the most gorgeous, sumptuous, painterly movie ever made about multiple decapitations.
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Emmy Rossum
American Actress
It is very grand and sumptuous and awesome to look at but it was really about the characters for me.
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Johann Georg Hamann
German Philosopher
Thus the public use of reason and freedom is nothing but a dessert, a sumptuous dessert.
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R. W. Apple, Jr.
American Journalist
The product of extraordinary wealth allied to a taste for the sumptuous.
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Matt Smith
English Actor
I thought 'Skyfall' was a sumptuous film.
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