voluptuous

Full-figured and alluring

Voluptuous describes full, curvaceous physical beauty, especially a woman's body with ample breasts and hips: a voluptuous figure, voluptuous curves.

The word carries sensual overtones—suggesting pleasure in the flesh rather than mere measurement.

It extends to anything richly sensual or luxurious: voluptuous fabrics, voluptuous music.

The connotation is indulgent, even decadent.

curvaceous

shapely

Attractively curved or formed

hourglass · Rubenesque · ample · rounded · zaftig · statuesque · well-endowed · plump · lush · bodacious

sensual

seductive

Powerfully attractive, tempting

passionate · intimate · arousing · provocative · titillating · tantalizing · sensuous · languid · silken · velvety

indulgent

decadent

Self-indulgent, often corruptly

luxurious · opulent · rich · sybaritic · epicurean · extravagant · lush · plush · sinful · indulgence

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physical form/body shape

voluptuousangular

Sharp-edged or rawboned

bony · scrawny · gaunt · skeletal · flat

sensory/aesthetic quality

voluptuousaustere

Severely simple and unadorned

harsh · spartan · plain · severe · stark

lifestyle/attitude toward pleasure

voluptuousascetic

One who renounces indulgence

austere · abstemious · self-denying · spartan · abstinent

Family

voluptuously, voluptuousness

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