scrumptious
Syllables: scrump·tious/ˈskɹʌm(p)ʃəs/US/ˈskrəm(p)ʃəs/
scrumptious adjective: of food: delectable, delicious.
Adjective
scrumptious (comparative more scrumptious, superlative most scrumptious)
- Of food: delectable, delicious.
- What a scrumptious treat!
- Synonyms:
- ambrosial, appetizing, dainty, delectable, delicious, delish, exquisite, finger-lickin' good, flavorful, flavorous
- Antonyms:
- unscrumptious
- Of a person or thing: excellent, wonderful; also, very aesthetically pleasing or attractive; good enough to eat.
- […] I came here to have a wink at the fash'nables—hang me, if ever I see such a scrumptious lot.1865, George Meredith, “The Melting of the Thousand”, in Rhoda Fleming. […], volume II, London: Tinsley Brothers, […], →OCLC, page 262
- Barbara Cartland scratched out this trusty 19th-century romancer concerning the scrumptious Serena Staverly (Diana Rigg), who has the dreadful misfortune to be lost in a game of cards to the flint-hearted Lord Justin.1989 March 6, The Sydney Morning Herald, page 8S, column 1
- Fastidious, picky.
- Very small; tiny.
scrumptious meaning in Tamil, Malayalam, Kannada and Persian
scrumptious in Tamil
- மகிழ்ச்சி விளைக்கிற
scrumptious in Malayalam
- delectable, delicious, mouth-watering
- സ്വാദിഷഠമായ, ആസ്വാദ്യ, രുചിത, രുച്യ, രുചിര, സ്വാദിഷ്ഠ
scrumptious in Kannada
- ಸ್ವಾದಿಷ್ಟವಾದ, ರುಚಿಕರವಾದ, ಸವಿಯಾದ, ಮೆಚ್ಚುಗೆಯ
scrumptious in Persian
- of food: delectable, delicious — see also delectable, delicious
- خوشمزه xoš-maze
Examples of scrumptious in a sentence
- This onion dip is just scrumptious.
- Mix them with dried fruit and you have a scrumptious gorp.
- She taught the unsuspecting Suzanne such words as ‘fiddlesticks!’, ‘piffle’, ‘scrumplicious’, which, of course, was a mixture of scrumptious and delicious.
Synonyms of scrumptious
- ambrosial
- appetizing
- dainty
- delectable
- delicious
- delish
- exquisite
- finger-lickin' good
- flavorful
- flavorous
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Antonyms
Forms of scrumptious
| comparative | more scrumptious |
|---|---|
| superlative | most scrumptious |
Origin of scrumptious
Probably from scrimp (“to put on short allowance, limit, straiten; to be frugal”) + -ious (suffix forming adjectives denoting the presence of a quality in any degree (usually an abundance)), possibly modelled after scrimption (“small portion, little bit, scrap”). If that hypothesis is true, then scrumpy may be related, via roots referring to little amounts. Douglas Harper instead derives the word from sumptuous. As the early cites in British English have a clearly different sense from the early cites in American English, only to merge together later, it may be that there were originally two unrelated words.
Words formed from scrumptious
Questions about scrumptious
- What does scrumptious mean?
- Scrumptious means of food: delectable, delicious.
- What is scrumptious in Tamil?
- Scrumptious in Tamil is மகிழ்ச்சி விளைக்கிற. See Scrumptious meaning in Tamil.
- What part of speech is scrumptious?
- Scrumptious is an adjective.
- How do you pronounce scrumptious?
- Scrumptious is pronounced /ˈskɹʌm(p)ʃəs/ (UK).
Words near scrumptious in the dictionary
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Adapted from Wiktionary: scrumptious (page history and authors); scrumptious (Tamil Wiktionary) (page history and authors); scrumptious (Olam, E.K. Kurup corpus) (dataset and license); scrumptious (Kannada Wiktionary) (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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