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delectable /dɪˈlɛktəb(ə)l /adjective1(Of food or drink) delicious: delectable handmade chocolates...- Are you willing to admit how many times you have bought those handmade, delectable fruits dipped in chocolate right before your very eyes?
- Since I'm almost done all my baking, I can share with you the most delicious and delectable cookie recipes that I have made this year.
- She could sense every delicious taste in the delectable dessert.
Synonyms delicious, mouth-watering, appetizing, flavoursome, flavourful, toothsome, inviting, very enjoyable, very palatable; succulent, luscious, rich, sweet; tasty, savoury, piquant informal scrumptious, delish, scrummy, yummy, yum-yum British informal moreish North American informal finger-licking, nummy literary ambrosial rare ambrosian, nectareous, nectarean, flavorous, sapid 1.1 humorous Extremely attractive: the delectable Ms Davis...- Endearing, charming, sweet, delightful, cute, and delectable constitute most of the list.
- All in all, everything was delectable, delightful, and pleasing.
- The huge bookshop was delectable - an irresistible lure.
Synonyms delightful, lovely, adorable, captivating, charming, enchanting, winning, engaging, appealing, beguiling; beautiful, ravishing, gorgeous, stunning, pretty, extremely attractive, alluring, enticing, sexy, seductive, desirable, luscious; Scottish & Northern English bonny informal divine, heavenly, dreamy, adorbs, sensational, knockout, drop-dead British informal tasty North American informal babelicious, bodacious, bootylicious archaic fair, comely rare pulchritudinous Derivatives delectability /dɪlɛktəˈbɪlɪti/ noun ...- Oh, the sweetness of the irony, the delectability of the situation.
- And if so, are the male viewer's prurient cravings exposed or validated by the esthetic delectability of such images?
- Early colonists of the Eastern seaboard were astonished by the abundance, size and delectability of striped bass.
delectably /dɪˈlɛktəbli / adverb ...- Leafy greens (including arugula, dandelion leaves and I think I even tasted sorrel) are delectably dressed with balsamic vinegar, olive oil and fresh oregano.
- I started with a green salad that was fantastically fresh and the Japanese dressing was delectably tasty.
- Barcelona is delightfully brash where Paris is delectably haughty, but Madrid?
Origin Late Middle English: via Old French from Latin delectabilis, from delectare 'to charm' (see delight). |