Sarah Hall

When you are a kid, a wolf is an amazing sight, so sumptuous. I sort of knew these were splendid creatures, that I was not going to find them outside roaming around. It was like a dog, but not a dog. It was incredible, a god!

English Writer

Albert Camus

I grew up with the sea, and poverty for me was sumptuous; then I lost the sea and found all luxuries gray and poverty unbearable.

French Philosopher

Jeff Giles

Tim Burton's 'Sleepy Hollow' has got to be the most gorgeous, sumptuous, painterly movie ever made about multiple decapitations.

American Editor

Emmy Rossum

It is very grand and sumptuous and awesome to look at but it was really about the characters for me.

American Actress

Johann Georg Hamann

Thus the public use of reason and freedom is nothing but a dessert, a sumptuous dessert.

German Philosopher

R. W. Apple, Jr.

The product of extraordinary wealth allied to a taste for the sumptuous.

American Journalist

Matt Smith

I thought 'Skyfall' was a sumptuous film.

English Actor

Use 'sumptuous' to evoke images of wealth, luxury, and high quality, often suggesting excess.

Affluence Imagery

'Sumptuous' implies a positive, pleasing experience—something to be enjoyed and admired.

Positive Emotion

Often applies to visual elements like decor, design, or fashion that seem opulent.

Visual Impression

Use 'sumptuous' to describe something grand in scale or scope that impresses audibly or visually.

Impressive Scale

Implies that a lot of money was spent, suitable for describing costly items or events.

Indicates Expense

Appropriate for occasions that display cultural sophistication or richness.

Cultural Events

 Starving and exhausted, some of the men stumble upon a palatial home where a stunning woman welcomes them inside for a sumptuous feast. Of course, this all turns out to be too good to be true. The woman, in fact, is the nefarious sorceress Circe, and as soon as the soldiers have eaten their fill at her table,

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 And he decides to paint her. He has her wear very plain clothes. Now, all of the women, or most of the women in Vermeer's other paintings wore velvet, silk, fur, very sumptuous materials.