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luscious

adj · 5 senses · updated from the 2026-07-25 local source snapshot

Definitions and examples are grouped by meaning. Pronunciation, history, word forms, translations, descendants, synonyms, antonyms, derived terms, and related words appear whenever the source provides them.

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Pronunciation

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  • /ˈlʌʃəs/
  • Southern-England: Recorded audio is listed in the source snapshot.
  • rhymes with -ʌʃəs
  • CMU ARPABET: L AH1 SH IH0 S Digits mark lexical stress: 1 primary, 2 secondary, 0 unstressed.

1

adj

Meaning 1

Sweet and pleasant; delicious; juicy, succulent.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: toothsome, ambrosial, appetizing, dainty, delectable, delicious, delish, exquisite, finger-lickin' good, flavorful, flavorous, flavorsome, gustful, lekker, lickerish, lip-smacking, luscious, moreish, mouthwatering, nummy, ono, palatable, sapid, savory, scrummy, tasteful, tasty, toothful, yummy

Antonyms: none provided

2

adj

Meaning 2

Sexually appealing; seductive.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: juicy, alluring, arousing, attractive, bangable, beautiful, beddable, bedworthy, bonable, bonerific, buff, delicious, desirable, doable, dreamy, effable, fanciable, fappable, fapworthy, fine, fit, fuckable, gorgeous, hittable, horny, hot, humpable, peng, provocative, raunchy, rootable, salacious, screwable, seductive, sensual, sexable, sexalicious, sexy, shaggable, swoonsome, tasty, toothsome

Antonyms: none provided

3

adj

Meaning 3

Obscene.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

4

adjective satellite

Meaning 4

having strong sexual appeal

Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0

Examples

  • juicy barmaids
  • a red-hot mama
  • a voluptuous woman
  • a toothsome blonde in a tight dress

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: juicy, red-hot, toothsome, voluptuous

Antonyms: none provided

5

adjective satellite

Meaning 5

extremely pleasing to the sense of taste

Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: delectable, delicious, pleasant-tasting, scrumptious, toothsome, yummy

Antonyms: none provided

History

Etymology

From earlier lushious, lussyouse (“luscious, richly sweet, delicious”), a corruption of lustious, from lusty (“pleasant, delicious”) + -ous. Shakespeare uses both lush (short for lushious) and lusty in the same sense: "How lush and lusty the grass looks" (The Tempest ii. I.52). An alternative etymology connects luscious to a Middle English term: lucius, an alteration of licious, believed to be a shortening of delicious.

Across languages

Translations

43 source translations are retained for this English entry.

  • Bulgarian: много сладък (mnogo sladǎk) — sweet and pleasant
  • Dutch: smaakvol — sweet and pleasant
  • Dutch: zoet — sweet and pleasant
  • Dutch: delicieus — sweet and pleasant
  • Finnish: nautinnollinen — sweet and pleasant
  • German: köstlich — sweet and pleasant
  • German: lecker — sweet and pleasant
  • German: süß und saftig — sweet and pleasant
  • Māori: hūnene — sweet and pleasant
  • Māori: hāhā — sweet and pleasant
  • Polish: słodki — sweet and pleasant
  • Polish: przyjemny — sweet and pleasant
  • Polish: smaczny — sweet and pleasant
  • Portuguese: delicioso — sweet and pleasant
  • Russian: сла́дкий (sládkij) — sweet and pleasant
  • Russian: ла́комый (lákomyj) — sweet and pleasant
  • Spanish: suculento — sweet and pleasant
  • Spanish: exquisito — sweet and pleasant
  • Bulgarian: съблазнителен (sǎblaznitelen) — sexually appealing
  • Dutch: wulps — sexually appealing
  • Dutch: verleidelijk — sexually appealing
  • German: sinnlich — sexually appealing
  • German: verführerisch — sexually appealing
  • German: üppig — sexually appealing
  • German: knackig — sexually appealing
  • German: knusprig — sexually appealing
  • Polish: kuszący — sexually appealing
  • Portuguese: voluptuoso — sexually appealing
  • Portuguese: exuberante — sexually appealing
  • Portuguese: luxuriante — sexually appealing
  • Russian: соблазни́тельный (soblaznítelʹnyj) — sexually appealing
  • Russian: привлека́тельный (privlekátelʹnyj) — sexually appealing
  • Spanish: exuberante — sexually appealing
  • Spanish: voluptuoso — sexually appealing
  • Spanish: lujuriante — sexually appealing
  • Spanish: lozano — sexually appealing
  • Spanish: lascivo — sexually appealing
  • Dutch: wulps — obscene
  • Dutch: obsceen — obscene
  • German: lustvoll — obscene
  • German: obszön — obscene
  • Polish: obsceniczny — obscene
  • Russian: непристойный (nepristojnyj) — obscene