Wordsmith / FRANK KRISHNER
The wedding season is on, and that means invitations to groaning buffet tables loaded with fragrant, delicious food. If you are looking for interesting and accurate words to describe your future mother-in-law’s cooking, try some of these.
Delicious describes something that is pleasant and appealing. Silence is delicious if you are trying to sleep. Usually delicious is used to describe the good taste of food. May I have some more of that delicious chocolate cake? The chicken biryani smelled so delicious that I could hardly wait to eat. Food that has little taste or flavour is insipid.
Luscious means extremely delicious. It usually suggests that there is a special quality about something that makes it super delicious. The sight of luscious chilled mango salad makes my mouth water. By the way mouth-watering is another word for extremely delicious and appetizing.
Delightful and delectable can mean delicious. We had a delightful meal at Rohit’s house last night. Something is delectable, when it is finely flavoured or delicately constructed, like a plate of Sushi.
One meaning of delicate is delicious. Many delicious foods have a delicate flavour. Mushrooms and whipped cream are two such foods.
Appetizing and savoury can both mean agreeable or pleasant. Food that looks and smells good is appetizing. Savoury is often used to describe highly seasoned or spicy foods. That tea-stall serves up savoury samosas. Both appetizing and savoury can be used for things other than food. Ramesh’s report gave an appetizing introduction to J.K. Rowling’s new Harry Potter novel. The winter air was filled with the savoury smell of burning leaves.
Tasty means appetizing or pleasing to the taste. Hot chocolate on vanilla ice-cream is tasty.
Palatable is not really a synonym of delicious, but you can use palatable when you mean that something is acceptable. That wasn’t the best mutton curry I’ve eaten, but it was palatable. His mother’s suggestion that he clean his room was unpalatable to Hari.
Fragrant is not a synonym of delicious, but it can be used to describe something that has a pleasant or sweet odour, such as food. The fragrance of cooking Basmati rice filled the hut.
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Controversial
The wedding season is on, and that means invitations to groaning buffet tables loaded with fragrant, delicious food. If you are looking for interesting and accurate words to describe your future mother-in-law’s cooking, try some of these.
Delicious describes something that is pleasant and appealing. Silence is delicious if you are trying to sleep. Usually delicious is used to describe the good taste of food. May I have some more of that delicious chocolate cake? The chicken biryani smelled so delicious that I could hardly wait to eat. Food that has little taste or flavour is insipid.
Luscious means extremely delicious. It usually suggests that there is a special quality about something that makes it super delicious. The sight of luscious chilled mango salad makes my mouth water. By the way mouth-watering is another word for extremely delicious and appetizing.
Delightful and delectable can mean delicious. We had a delightful meal at Rohit’s house last night. Something is delectable, when it is finely flavoured or delicately constructed, like a plate of Sushi.
One meaning of delicate is delicious. Many delicious foods have a delicate flavour. Mushrooms and whipped cream are two such foods.
Appetizing and savoury can both mean agreeable or pleasant. Food that looks and smells good is appetizing. Savoury is often used to describe highly seasoned or spicy foods. That tea-stall serves up savoury samosas. Both appetizing and savoury can be used for things other than food. Ramesh’s report gave an appetizing introduction to J.K. Rowling’s new Harry Potter novel. The winter air was filled with the savoury smell of burning leaves.
Tasty means appetizing or pleasing to the taste. Hot chocolate on vanilla ice-cream is tasty.
Palatable is not really a synonym of delicious, but you can use palatable when you mean that something is acceptable. That wasn’t the best mutton curry I’ve eaten, but it was palatable. His mother’s suggestion that he clean his room was unpalatable to Hari.
Fragrant is not a synonym of delicious, but it can be used to describe something that has a pleasant or sweet odour, such as food. The fragrance of cooking Basmati rice filled the hut.
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Controversial
Something that is controversial causes a lot of disagreement and angry argument, especially in the newspapers, or on radio and television etc. Railway minister Laloo Prasad is famous for his controversial statements and actions.
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wordscore: unscramble these words [they all have something in common]
TECHOCOLA LAANVIL AWRYBERSTR COAPRIT
[Last week’s solution: Exercise, Sport, Jogging, Skipping]
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