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Voluptuous vs Lascivious - What's the difference?

voluptuous | lascivious | Related terms |

As adjectives the difference between voluptuous and lascivious

is that voluptuous is suggestive of or characterized by full, generous, pleasurable sensation while lascivious is wanton; lewd, driven by lust, lustful.

voluptuous

English

Adjective

(en adjective)
  • Suggestive of or characterized by full, generous, pleasurable sensation.
  • The plentiful blankets and the voluptuous pillows of the bed called out to my tired body, tantalizing me with their luxury.
    {{quote-Fanny Hill, part=5 , Thus we lay, whilst a voluptuous languor possest, and still maintain'd us motionless and fast locked in one another's arms}}
  • (of a woman) Curvaceous, sexy, full-figured.
  • Her flowing raven hair contrasted her creamy white complexion, her amber eyes like those of a cat, the low neckline of her bodice emphasised her plump, voluptuous figure.

    Derived terms

    * voluptuousness

    lascivious

    Adjective

    (en adjective)
  • Wanton; lewd, driven by lust, lustful.
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  • *:The colonel and his sponsor made a queer contrast: Greystone [the sponsor] long and stringy, with a face that seemed as if a cold wind was eternally playing on it. […] But there was not a more lascivious reprobate and gourmand in all London than this same Greystone.
  • Synonyms

    * wanton, lewd, lustful

    See also

    * lecherous