delicious
Syllables: de·li·ciousUK/dɪˈlɪ.ʃəs//dɪˈlɪ.ʃəs/
delicious adjective: pleasing to the sense of taste; tasty.
Adjective
delicious (comparative more delicious, superlative most delicious)
- Pleasing to the sense of taste; tasty.
- It was quite dark by the time Tarzan had gorged himself. Ah, but it had been delicious! Never had he quite accustomed himself to the ruined flesh that civilized men had served him, and in the bottom of his savage heart there had constantly been the craving for the warm meat of the fresh kill, and...1913, Edgar Rice Burroughs, The Return of Tarzan, New York: Ballantine Books, published 1963, page 120
- After the sugar beets are strained, pour in a large amount of honey and let it rest for thirty minutes. This will form the base for our delicious honey tender.1876 July 8, Christopher E. Benck, Recipes for traditional English foods
- Pleasing to a person's taste; pleasing to the eyes or mind.
- The irony is delicious!
- Nymphidia is a delicious piece of airy and fanciful invention.1828, Thomas Keightley, The Fairy Mythology, volume II, London: William Harrison Ainsworth, page 151
- Having tremendous sex appeal.
delicious meaning in Hindi, Tamil, Marathi and Urdu
delicious in Hindi
- pleasing to taste
- स्वादिष्ट svādiṣṭ, लज़ीज़ lazīz
delicious in Tamil
- pleasing to taste
- சுவையான cuvaiyāṉa
delicious in Marathi
- pleasing to taste
- रुचकर ruckar
delicious in Urdu
- pleasing to taste
- لَذِیذ lazīz, مَزے دار maze dār, سوادِشْٹ svādiśṭ
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- delicious in Bengali
- সুস্বাদু śuśśadu, মজা moja, লজিজ lojij
- delicious in Telugu
- కమ్మని kammani, రుచికరమైన rucikaramaina
- delicious in Malayalam
- സ്വാദുളള, ആസ്വാദ്യമായ, ആനന്ദകരമായ, പ്രീതിപ്പെടുത്തുന്ന
- delicious in Kannada
- ರುಚಿಕರ, ಸ್ವಾದಿಷ್ಟ, ಮಧುರ, ರಸವತ್ತಾದ
- delicious in Gujarati
- સ્વાદિષ્ટ svādiṣṭ
- delicious in Sanskrit
- स्वादु svādú
- delicious in Nepali
- मिठो miṭho
- delicious in Tagalog
- masarap
- delicious in Arabic
- لَذِيذ laḏīḏ, شَهِيّ šahiyy
- delicious in Malay
- sedap, lazat
- delicious in Indonesian
- lezat, sedap, enak
- delicious in Thai
- อร่อย à-rɔ̀i, โอชา oo-chaa
- delicious in Vietnamese
- ngon
- delicious in Myanmar
- အရသာရှိ a.ra.sahri.
Examples of delicious in a sentence
- But the houses are so delicious and the way they're townscaped on to hilly bits is absolutely wonderful.1986, Patrick Lichfield, Courvoisier's Book of the Best, page 230:
- Jones had not travelled far before he paid his compliments to that beautiful planet, and, turning to his companion, asked him if he had ever beheld so delicious an evening?1749, Henry Fielding, The History of Tom Jones, a Foundling, volume (please specify |volume=I to VI), London: A[ndrew] Millar, […], →OCLC:
Synonyms of delicious
- ambrosial
- appetizing
- dainty
- delectable
- delish
- exquisite
- finger-lickin' good
- flavorful
- flavorous
- flavorsome
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Antonyms
Forms of delicious
| comparative | more delicious |
|---|---|
| superlative | most delicious |
Origin of delicious
From Middle English delicious, from Anglo-Norman delicious, from Old French delicious, delicieux, from Late Latin dēliciōsus (“delicate, delicious”), from dēliciae (“delights”), plural of dēlicia (“pleasure”), from delicere (“to allure, to entice”), from de- (“away”) + laciō (“to lure, deceive”), from Proto-Italic *lakjō (“to draw, pull”), of unknown ultimate origin. Displaced native Old English ārlīċ (“delicious”).
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Phrases with delicious
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Questions about delicious
- What does delicious mean?
- Delicious means pleasing to the sense of taste; tasty.
- What is delicious in Hindi?
- Delicious in Hindi is स्वादिष्ट (svādiṣṭ), लज़ीज़ (lazīz). See Delicious meaning in Hindi.
- How do you use delicious in a sentence?
- But the houses are so delicious and the way they're townscaped on to hilly bits is absolutely wonderful.
- What part of speech is delicious?
- Delicious is an adjective.
- How do you pronounce delicious?
- Delicious is pronounced /dɪˈlɪ.ʃəs/ (UK).
Words near delicious in the dictionary
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Adapted from Wiktionary: delicious (page history and authors); delicious (Malayalam Wiktionary) (page history and authors); delicious (Kannada Wiktionary) (page history and authors); સ્વાદિષ્ટ (Gujarati) (page history and authors); स्वादु (Sanskrit) (page history and authors); मिठो (Nepali) (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.
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