delicious

[dih-lish-uhs] / dɪˈlɪʃ əs /

ADJECTIVE

pleasing, especially to the taste

Synonyms

STRONGEST

appetizing delectable delightful distinctive enjoyable enticing exquisite heavenly luscious piquant pleasant rich savory spicy sweet tasty tempting yummy

STRONG

choice dainty darling divine good lush nice

WEAK

adorable ambrosial delish fit for king gratifying mellow mouthwatering nectarous palatable rare sapid scrumptious tasteful titillating toothsome well-prepared well-seasoned

Antonyms

STRONGEST

bad bland disagreeable displeasing distasteful dull horrible nasty offensive poor repulsive tasteless ugly unappetizing unenjoyable unfriendly unhappy unpleasant unsatisfying unsavory

Example Sentences

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"Most people who eat it say it's delicious."

From Barron's

These tiny cues—what to do, when to enjoy it, how to slow down—turn something delicious into something felt.

From Salon

I’m not Joanna Stern, who wants singing cars and robot dishwashers and still elected to rat out the Journal’s AI vending machine for selling fine wine and delicious live fish.

From The Wall Street Journal

A completely sinister, bleakly hilarious bit of soundtrack work that the Veronicas must have found absolutely delicious.

From Los Angeles Times

It was such a delicious show in that way.

From Los Angeles Times

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