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delicious

US /dɪˈlɪʃəs/

adjective Core · B1 Ăn uống

Definition

greatly pleasing or entertaining

Tested in TOEIC business and workplace contexts.

Examples

The soup at this restaurant is absolutely delicious.

Word Family

NounNoun
delicious gốc
VerbVerb
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AdjectiveAdj
delicious gốc
AdverbAdv
deliciously

Synonyms

  • tastypleasing to the sense of taste
  • delectableextremely pleasing to the sense of taste

Collocations

  • Easy delicious food served
    describing delicious food served (variety of sweet eating apples)
  • Medium delicious meal at the restaurant
    describing delicious meal at the restaurant (variety of sweet eating apples)
  • Hard savory and delicious culinary specialties
    describing savory and delicious culinary specialties (any of several aromatic herbs or subshrubs of the genus Satureja having spikes of flowers attractive to bees)
  • Very Hard savor the delicious irony of circumstances
    to savor the delicious irony of circumstances, meaning to derive or receive pleasure from; get enjoyment from; take pleasure in

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