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- pronunciation:
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- parts of speech:
- adjective, noun
- features:
- Word Combinations (adjective), Word Explorer, Word Parts
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adjective |
| definition: |
extremely pleasing or agreeable, esp. to the sense of taste or smell.
This is the most delicious salad dressing I've ever tasted.The tropical flowers gave off a delicious smell.- synonyms:
- appetizing, delectable, flavorful, mouthwatering, scrumptious, tasty, toothsome, yummy
- antonyms:
- distasteful, unpleasant
- similar words:
- luscious, pleasing, savory, tasteful
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divine, mellow, sweet |
adverb + (adj.)delicious
absolutely, downright, equally, incredibly, naturally, perfectly, sinfully, totally, utterly, wonderfully
(adj.)delicious
+ adverb
surprisingly
(adj.)delicious
+ noun
addition,
anticipation,
appetizer,
apple,
aroma,
array,
barbecue,
bread,
breakfast,
burger,
butter,
cabbage,
cake,
candy,
carrot,
cheese,
chef,
chicken,
chocolate,
combination,
cookie,
cooking,
crab,
cream,
crisp,
crust,
cuisine,
dessert,
dinner,
dish,
drink,
egg,
fare,
filling,
fish,
flavor,
food,
fragrance,
fruit,
fry,
garlic,
granny,
honey,
ice,
ingredient,
irony,
juice,
lamb,
lemon,
lunch,
meal,
meat,
menu,
mixture,
morsel,
mushroom,
nut,
pancake,
pasta,
pastry,
pie,
pizza,
plus,
pork,
potato,
pudding,
recipe,
rice,
salad,
salmon,
sandwich,
sauce,
sausage,
scent,
seafood,
sensation,
shrimp,
smell,
snack,
soup,
steak,
stew,
strawberry,
supper,
tea,
tomato,
treat,
turkey,
twist,
vanilla,
vegetable,
warmth,
wine,
yogurt
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| part of speech: |
noun |
| definition 1: |
(cap.) a type of red or yellow apple grown in the United States.
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| definition 2: |
the tree on which this apple grows.
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| derivations: |
deliciously (adv.), deliciousness (n.) |
The word delicious
contains the following part:
-ous, -ious
Latin
adjective-forming suffix
that means full of, characterized by
  More about this word part:
The suffix "-ous
, -ious
" attaches to Latin, Greek, and native English roots
Example words:
adventurous, ambiguous, amorous, amorphous, anadromous, androgynous, anomalous, apetalous, apocarpous, apterous, aqueous, atrocious, auspicious, avaricious, azygous, captious, carnivorous, chromous, coterminous, covetous, curious, delicious, diadromous, diaphanous, dicephalous, dioecious, disingenuous, egregious, endogenous, enormous, epigynous, euphonious, extemporaneous, ferocious, fortuitous, generous, glorious, gracious, gregarious, heterogamous, heterogeneous, homogeneous, homogenous, homologous, homopterous, hydrous, hypogynous, illustrious, impecunious, impervious, incommodious, incongruous, inconspicuous, indecorous, infamous, infelicitous, innocuous, intravenous, isogenous, isomerous, joyous, judicious, laborious, ludicrous, lustrous, magnanimous, malicious, malodorous, monoclinous, monoecious, multiparous, nauseous, perigynous, poisonous, porous, precious, quadrumanous, ramous, rebellious, spacious, subaqueous, synchronous, tubuliflorous, unanimous, valorous, vicious, wondrous, xerophilous
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