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- Dictionarysybaritic/ˌsɪbəˈrɪtɪk/
adjective
- 1. fond of sensuous luxury or pleasure; self-indulgent: "their opulent and sybaritic lifestyle"
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loving or involving expensive things and pleasure: his sybaritic lifestyle. See. sybarite. Fewer examples. If enough people donated 20% of their salaries to charity and gave up their sybaritic tastes, poverty could be eliminated. As soon as he started making serious money, Robbins started spending it on sybaritic living.
noun. syb· a· rite ˈsi-bə-ˌrīt. Synonyms of sybarite. 1. [from the notorious luxury of the Sybarites] : voluptuary, sensualist. 2. capitalized : a native or resident of the ancient city of Sybaris. sybaritic. ˌsi-bə-ˈri-tik. adjective. sybaritically. ˌsi-bə-ˈri-ti-k (ə-)lē. adverb. sybaritism. ˈsi-bə-ˌrī-ˌti-zəm. noun. Synonyms. debauchee.
Sybaritic definition: pertaining to or characteristic of a sybarite; characterized by or loving luxury or sensuous pleasure. See examples of SYBARITIC used in a sentence.
loving or involving expensive things and pleasure: his sybaritic lifestyle. See. sybarite. Fewer examples. If enough people donated 20% of their salaries to charity and gave up their sybaritic tastes, poverty could be eliminated. As soon as he started making serious money, Robbins started spending it on sybaritic living.
adjective. displaying luxury and furnishing gratification to the senses. “a chinchilla robe of sybaritic lavishness” synonyms: epicurean, luxuriant, luxurious, voluptuary, voluptuous. indulgent. characterized by or given to yielding to the wishes of someone. Cite this entry. Style: MLA. "Sybaritic."
(ˌsɪbəˈrɪtɪk) adjective. 1. (usually lc) pertaining to or characteristic of a sybarite; characterized by or loving luxury or sensuous pleasure. to wallow in sybaritic splendor. 2. of, pertaining to, or characteristic of Sybaris or its inhabitants. Also: Sybaritical. Most material © 2005, 1997, 1991 by Penguin Random House LLC.
Definition of sybaritic adjective in Oxford Advanced Learner's Dictionary. Meaning, pronunciation, picture, example sentences, grammar, usage notes, synonyms and more.
