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voluptuousvo‧lup‧tu‧ous /vəˈlʌptʃuəs/ adjective voluptuousOrigin: 1300-1400 Latin voluptuosus, from voluptas ‘pleasure’ - Everyone turned to look at Gordon and his voluptuous mistress as they entered the room.
- the voluptuous exotic feel of the Orient
- Enter the voluptuous femme fatale with dangerous links to the mob.
- Even at the early hour I was taken with her freshness, her blond, tousled hair, her milk-warm voluptuous body.
- Guy takes turns abusing his beautiful wife and his voluptuous mistress, which makes him irresistible to both women.
- On either side of him are scantily clad voluptuous females, a blonde and a brunette.
- She was like some voluptuous painting by Titian.
- The voluptuous actress wouldn't need to play foolish games with him.
someone who is sexually attractive► sexy sexually attractive to people, either because of your body, your good looks, or attractive personality: · Peter is strong, good looking, and very sexy.· The advertisement showed a sexy young woman in a short skirt standing beside a sports car.· Her flushed cheeks, wide eyes, and slightly opened mouth made her look sexy. ► attractive someone who is attractive has a personality or appearance that makes other people sexually attracted to them: · It's enough for me that my husband thinks I'm sexually attractive.attractive to: · I don't know what makes Jamie so attractive to women.find somebody attractive (=think they are attractive): · She's very nice but I don't really find her attractive. ► sex appeal someone's appearance, behaviour, or personality that makes them sexually attractive: · Tanya uses her sex appeal to get whatever she wants.have sex appeal: · Barry's a really nice guy, but he has absolutely no sex appeal. ► desirable formal someone who is desirable makes you feel sexually attracted to them: · Ray was still in good shape and far more desirable than most men his age. ► voluptuous a woman who is voluptuous has large breasts and an attractive, rounded body, so that men feel sexually attracted to her: · Everyone turned to look at Gordon and his voluptuous mistress as they entered the room. ► alluring written a woman who is alluring attracts men in a sexual way, because she seems to be exciting and a little mysterious: · Helene was an alluring beauty whom few men could resist.· She was encouraged to use her feminine charms, to be coy and alluring. 1a woman who is voluptuous has large breasts and a soft curved body2expressing strong sexual feeling or sexual pleasure: a voluptuous gesture3literary something that is voluptuous gives you pleasure because it looks, smells, or tastes good: the voluptuous fragrance of a summer garden—voluptuously adverb—voluptuousness noun [uncountable] |