Definitions
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.
- adjective Possessing or exhibiting great wealth; affluent.
- adjective Characterized by extravagance or rich abundance; lavish or luxuriant.
from The Century Dictionary.
- Wealthy; rich; affluent; having large means.
- Unstinted; plentiful; abundant; profuse.
- Blooming; brilliant; splendid.
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- adjective Having a large estate or property; wealthy; rich; affluent.
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.
- adjective
luxuriant , andostentatiously magnificent - adjective
rich ,sumptuous andextravagant
from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
- adjective rich and superior in quality
Etymologies
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 4th Edition
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Examples
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However, Mr Dominguez says that by showing what he describes as the opulent lifestyles the Castros live in a communist country like Cuba he has achieved his aim.
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Of Oaxaca's twenty-seven churches, by far the most opulent is the Santo Domingo de Guzmán, built by Indian artisans in the 16th and 17th centuries and displaying much gold leaf.
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Of Oaxaca's twenty-seven churches, by far the most opulent is the Santo Domingo de Guzmán, built by Indian artisans in the 16th and 17th centuries and displaying much gold leaf.
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Spacek’s clueless, baton-twirling Holly proclaims love for Sheen’s Kit and all his fake bravado in opulent romance-novel voiceovers.
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We disregarded these gathering clouds – and pretended that a period we retrospectively dub opulent and irresponsible was normal – when we might at least have been enjoying their silver linings.
Whelk ice cream never meant we stopped being a Pot Noodle nation 2010
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It's bow was adorned by a woman's figure crafted by San Francisco sculpture Monica Maduro and it's inside was described as opulent, with gilded frames and velvet trim.
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This will not be determined by the home's value, but rather by subjective criteria such as opulent decorations.
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I also think it's fair to say most USians have never seen an "opulent" hospital!
will they get fooled again? striking back at harry and louise 2009
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Clinton thinks it is very important to raise taxes on the obscenely opulent, meaning families earning more than $200,000 (about 850,000 or .6 percent of the 115 million taxpayers).
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Opus X, Opus being a derivative from "opulent," the word "opulent," X is their Project X.
bilby commented on the word opulent
When, sick of all the sorrow and distress
That flourished in the City like foul weeds,
I sought blue rivers and green, opulent meads,
And leagues of unregarded loneliness
Whereon no foot of man had seemed to press,
I did not know how great had been my needs,
How wise the woodland's gospels and her creeds,
How good her faith to one long comfortless.
- Charles Hanson Towne, 'The City'.
October 4, 2008
palooka commented on the word opulent
Beautiful quotation Bilby.
October 4, 2008
mkluver1 commented on the word opulent
Also I read this word in Blood Promise by Richelle Mead, "The room I woke up in was opulent."
October 1, 2010