delicious

Speech parts

1. delicious - Noun

2. delicious - Adjective

3. delicious - Adjective Satellite

Meaning

Affording exquisite pleasure; delightful; most sweet or grateful to the senses, especially to the taste; charming.

Addicted to pleasure; seeking enjoyment; luxurious; effeminate.

Source: Webster's dictionary

Synonyms

delightful yummy delectable luscious scrumptious toothsome ducky blest thermidor good ambrosian sweetish rich divine attractive
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Antonyms

carrion rancid frightful flat bad offensive
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Hypernyms

eating apple dessert apple

Hyponyms

Golden Delicious Red Delicious yellow delicious

Phrases with the word

it was delicious lemon delicious pudding delicious bar yellow delicious delicious fruit delicious lingerie

Anagrams

leucosiid lousicide

Examples

I live in that solitude which is painful in youth, but delicious in the years of maturity. Albert Einstein

Delicious autumn! My very soul is wedded to it, and if I were a bird I would fly about the earth seeking the successive autumns. George Eliot

Old age, calm, expanded, broad with the haughty breadth of the universe, old age flowing free with the delicious near-by freedom of death. Edith Wharton

A warm fire is better than delicious cooked rice. Afghan Proverb

A warm fire is better than any delicious food. Afghan Proverb

If your husband has many wives, the only sure way for him into you're the bedroom is through a delicious meal. African Proverb

Close letter words and terms

Delichon urbicum deliciate deliciosity delicious apple delicious bar delicious corn