English-Thai Dictionary

luscious

ADJ ยั่วยวน (คำ ไม่เป็นทางการ  มีเสน่ห์ ดึงดูด ทางเพศ  voluptuous yua-yuan

 

luscious

ADJ หอม หวาน  หวานฉ่ำ  honeyed sweet pleasing tasty delectable palatable disgusting unpalatable hom-wan

 

Webster's 1828 Dictionary

LUSCIOUS

a.[I know not the origin and affinities of this word. ] 1. Sweet or rich so as to cloy or nauseate; sweet to excess; as luscious food.
2. Very sweet; delicious; grateful to the taste.
And raisins keep their luscious native taste.
3. Pleasing; delightful.
He will bait him in with the luscious proposal of some gainful purchase.
4. Fullsome; as luscious flattery.
5. Smutty; obscene. [Unusual. ]

 

LUSCIOUSLY

adv. 1. With sweetness or richness that cloys or nauseates.
2. Obscenely.

 

LUSCIOUSNESS

n.Immoderate richness or sweetness that cloys or offends.

 

Webster's 1913 Dictionary

LUSCIOUS

Lus "cious, a. Etym: [Prob. for lustious, fr. lusty, or perh. a corruption of luxurious. Cf. Lush, Lusty. ]

 

1. Sweet; delicious; very grateful to the taste; toothsome; excessively sweet or rich. And raisins keep their luscious, native taste. Dryden.

 

2. Cloying; fulsome. He had a tedious, luscious way of talking. Jeffrey.

 

3. Gratifying a depraved sense; obscene. [R.] Steele. -- Lus "cious *ly, adv. -- Lus "cious *ness, n.

 

New American Oxford Dictionary

luscious

lus cious |ˈləSHəs ˈləʃəs | ▶adjective (of food or wine ) having a pleasingly rich, sweet taste: a luscious and fragrant dessert wine. • richly verdant or opulent. • (of a woman ) very sexually attractive. DERIVATIVES lus cious ly adverb, lus cious ness noun ORIGIN late Middle English: perhaps an alteration of obsolete licious, shortened form of delicious .

 

Oxford Dictionary

luscious

lus |cious |ˈlʌʃəs | ▶adjective (of food or drink ) having a pleasingly rich, sweet taste: a luscious and fragrant dessert wine. • appealing strongly to the senses; pleasingly rich: the luscious brush strokes and warm colours of these late masterpieces. • (of a woman ) very sexually attractive. DERIVATIVES lusciously adverb, lusciousness noun ORIGIN late Middle English: perhaps an alteration of obsolete licious, shortened form of delicious .

 

American Oxford Thesaurus

luscious

luscious adjective 1 luscious fruit: delicious, succulent, lush, juicy, mouthwatering, lip-smacking, sweet, tasty, appetizing; informal scrumptious, yummy, nummy; literary ambrosial. ANTONYMS unappetizing. 2 a luscious well-tanned beauty: sexy, sexually attractive, nubile, ravishing, gorgeous, seductive, alluring, sultry, beautiful, stunning; informal drop-dead gorgeous, hot, curvy, foxy, cute. ANTONYMS plain, scrawny.

 

Oxford Thesaurus

luscious

luscious adjective 1 luscious fruits and vegetables: delicious, succulent, lush, juicy, mouth-watering, sweet, tasty, flavourful, flavoursome, appetizing, delectable, palatable, toothsome, choice; informal scrumptious, scrummy, yummy, moreish; N. Amer. informal nummy; literary ambrosial; rare ambrosian, nectareous, nectarean. ANTONYMS unappetizing. 2 a luscious Swedish beauty: sexy, sexually attractive, nubile, ravishing, gorgeous, desirable, alluring, sultry, sensuous, beautiful, stunning, attractive; voluptuous, curvaceous, shapely, buxom; informal beddable, fanciable, curvy; N. Amer. informal foxy, cute, bootylicious; Austral. /NZ informal spunky. ANTONYMS plain; scrawny.

 

Sanseido Wisdom Dictionary

luscious

lus cious /lʌ́ʃəs /形容詞 1 〈味 香りが 〉非常によい, 甘い ; 〈果物などが 〉熟した .2 〈音 声 色彩 感触などが 〉甘美な, 快い ; 〈女性などが 〉豊満な, セクシーな ▸ luscious lips [music ]甘美な唇 [音楽 ]～ly 副詞 ～ness 名詞