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lushness

lushness

1 4.4
A rich, full look of plants or fabrics that pleases the senses
  • noun
  • /ˈlʌʃnəs/
translation icon : exuberancia
  • After the rainy season, the lushness of the forest made it a breathtaking sight.
  • lushness of the foliage

It helps cool the area visually and it just, it gives it a lushness that no mulch or gravel could give a space.

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Examples

  • In his memory, the green meadows and glistening hides of the animals shone in that vast lushness.

    Fiction book (1990)
  • The valley seemed a dry skeleton of the lushness it might have been earlier in the summer or in wetter years.

    Blog text (12)
  • It's so soft and adds such a like a like a lushness, for lack of better words, to a flower bed.

  • And then as you come lower down to this area, you see a lot more lushness and greenness.

  • The whole world was green and gold with the lushness of an overripe summer.

    Fiction book (2001)
  • You may be surprised to learn that most of this lushness comes from Clover.

  • It helps cool the area visually and it just, it gives it a lushness that no mulch or gravel could give a space.

  • They stare entranced at the lushness of the foliage and the blue clarity of the water.

    Fiction book (1992)
  • Here and there, they could see the stark, leafless skeletons of trees hit by lightning, bare branches contrasting sharply with the surrounding lushness.

    Fiction book (1991)
  • The garden was filled with the lushness of blooming flowers and vibrant greenery.

Synonyms

richness
vslushness
11 3.4

A large amount of detail, color, or variety that pleases people

focuses more on sensory pleasure and appealing appearance rather than mere quantity
luxuriance
vslushness
1 7.7

A very rich, full appearance that pleases the senses

is the more general and slightly less formal term for this quality
bountifulness
vslushness
1 7.3

A large amount of good things, often food or gifts

stresses pleasing sensory richness and luxurious appearance rather than simple quantity
verdancy
vslushness
8.6

A rich green covering of plants on land

is broader, applying to pleasing abundance beyond only green plants

Antonyms

1 8.1

A situation when nothing useful can be produced

How Lush

profusion
8 6.6
luxuriance
1 7.7
abundance
91 3.3
lushness
1 4.4
plainness
1 3.5
sparseness
1 6.8

Surface Forms

lushness singular
lushnesses plural

Morphology

lushness = lush (transparent) = lush + ness

Formed by adding the noun-forming suffix '-ness' to the adjective 'lush', producing a straightforward abstract noun of quality.

Etymology

The word lushness comes from the simple word lush, which people use for plants or fabrics that are 'rich', 'full', and 'pleasing' to the senses; imagine a garden so full of green leaves it feels soft and heavy. So, lushness means that 'rich', 'very full', and 'pleasing' quality you see in a rainforest, a garden, or velvet curtains.