luxuriate
/lʌɡˈʒʊərɪeɪt
/ /lʌɡˈzjʊərɪeɪt/ /lʌkˈsjʊərɪeɪt/verb [no object] (luxuriate in/over)
Enjoy (something) as a luxury; take self-indulgent delight in: she was luxuriating in a long bath...
- We simply savoured and luxuriated in delight at the return of our normal peaceable existence.
- There one is entitled to enjoy it, luxuriate in it even, and then move on to another painting hanging next to it.
- I do feel that because males have been able to enjoy and even luxuriate in my largeness I could too.
Synonyms
revel, bask, delight, take pleasure, wallow, indulge oneself, enjoy, relish, savour, appreciate, lap up
informal get a kick out of, get a thrill out of, get a charge out of
Origin
Early 17th century: from Latin luxuriat- 'grown in abundance', from the verb luxuriare.
Rhymes
- Sunday book
- Sunday breaker
- Sunday business
- Sunday child
- Sunday closing
- Sunday clothes
- Sunday dinner
- Sunday drink
- Sunday driver
- Sunday face
- Sunday-faced
- Sundayfied
- Sunday-go-to-meeting
- Sunday house
- Sundayish
- Sunday joint
- Sunday letter
- Sunday-like
- Sunday lounger
- Sunday lunch
- Sunday man
- Sunday newspaper
- Sunday observance
- Sunday painter
- Sunday paper