luxury

Definition

  • noun: a condition or situation of great comfort, ease, and wealth
  • noun: a condition of abundance or great ease and comfort
  • often used before another noun
  • synonyms: lechery, gratification, lasciviousness

Examples

  • We were lucky to have the 'luxury' of choosing from among several good options.

  • Right now a new car is a 'luxury' that I can't afford.

  • We can't afford the 'luxury' of waiting any longer.

Movie clips

Movie quotes

  • (..) to consider that any man, woman, or child in this magnificent country of ours should have to look upon a loaf of bread as a luxury. We're going to dig water wells here, and water wells means irrigation. Irrigation means cultivation. We're going to raise crops here where (..)
    2007 There Will Be Blood