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How to pronounce sybarite in English?

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Type Words
Synonyms voluptuary
Type of sensualist
Derivation sybaritic

Examples of sybarite

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There is John Huston, demeaning himself as the slob-gutted, sagebrush sybarite.
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One was a sybarite who virtually abandoned his desert kingdom for a career of overseas carousing.
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But what if you want to flop by a pool and play proper sybarite?
From the independent.co.uk
So compared to him, Obama lives the life of a raging sybarite.
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Surrounded by young beauties, he looks a dour sybarite Square.
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In the evening, after happy hour, he turned sybarite.
From the theatlantic.com
I love to loll around in a spa as much as the next sybarite but I've never been much cop at relaxing solo.
From the metro.co.uk
Inside every blue-jeaned, knap-sacked youth who tours Europe on the cheap there lurks the spirit of the sybarite.
From the time.com
Rangy and unkempt, cigarette forever dangling beneath a resplendent handlebar moustache, A.K.'s a proudly foul-minded sybarite.
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More examples
  • Voluptuary: a person addicted to luxury and pleasures of the senses
  • (sybaritic) epicurean: displaying luxury and furnishing gratification to the senses; "an epicurean banquet"; "enjoyed a luxurious suite with a crystal chandelier and thick oriental rugs"; "Lucullus spent the remainder of his days in voluptuous magnificence"; "a chinchilla robe of sybaritic ...
  • Skein (real name Sybil Dvorak, formerly known as Gypsy Moth and Sybarite) is a fictional character, a mutant supervillain in the Marvel Comics universe.
  • The Sybarite is a 16 inch resin artist-doll created by London artists Desmond Lingard and Charles Fegen in 2005. Sybarite dolls are fully articulated mannequin-like dolls and have appeared in several fashion trades (French Revue des Modes, Style.com, Women's Wear Daily). ...
  • Sybarite is the solo project of musician Xian Hawkins, who played with the Silver Apples for a number of years in the 1990s. Sybarite produces abstract midtempo electronica, but also contains elements of jazz and classical music. He has released albums on the 4AD label among others.
  • (Sybaritic) Sybaris (Greek) was an ancient city of Magna Graecia on the western shore of the Gulf of Taranto. The wealth of the city in the 6th century BC was such that the Sybarites became synonymous with pleasure and luxury. ...
  • (sybaritic) of or relating to Sybaris or the inhabitants thereof; Of or having the qualities of a sybarite; self-indulgent or decadent; Having the character of or dedicated to excessive luxury