Definition of scrumptious
:delightful, excellent;
especially
:delicious
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Examples of scrumptious in a Sentence
baked a scrumptious chocolate cake
Recent Examples of scrumptious from the Web
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Although to be fair, my place is more like staying at your family's weekend home on a goose farm—with a quirky aunt who lives in the barn loft and stocks the kitchen with scrumptious foods and local wine and then leaves you alone.
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The Cafe Budapest will feature scrumptious tortes, pastries, and espresso coffee.
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Picking a favorite color from the collection is like trying to choose between merlot, rosé, and prosecco — which is to say, impossible — because each is scrumptious and perfect for (almost) any occasion.
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The peanut fluffernutter pie was down-to-earth and scrumptious.
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Three, reduce oven temperature by 25 degrees because honey and maple syrup can cause baked goods to darken faster. Favorites Turn the tables on Mom and bake her something scrumptious for Mother’s Day.
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The red and white sangria with generous floating fruit is smooth and refreshing, the spring sweet pea smoothly blended soup and entrees such as succulent sea scallops are scrumptious.
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Although Boston is renowned for its scrumptious seafood, residents flock to the city’s many taco restaurants for a meal that is both delectable and affordable.
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Warm crimini and morel mushrooms were salty, garlicky, and scrumptious, especially mixed with an order of coconut sticky rice.
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Did You Know?
First appearing in English in 1830, "scrumptious" is a mouth-watering word that is used to describe what is delightful and delectable. It probably originated as an alteration of "sumptuous," and it carries the elegant and wonderful connotations of its parent. (Sumptuous derives via Middle English from the Latin verb sumere, meaning "to take or spend.") British author Roald Dahl had some fun with "scrumptious," and created a delightful coinage, when he inserted the infix "-diddly-" into the word to make "scrumdiddlyumptious," the word that chocolate magnate Willy Wonka uses to name his best-selling treats in his novel Charlie and the Chocolate Factory (1964).
Origin and Etymology of scrumptious
perhaps alteration of sumptuous
scrumptious Synonyms
Synonyms
ambrosial, appetizing, dainty, delectable, delish, flavorful, flavorsome, luscious, lush, mouthwatering, palatable, savory (also savoury), delicious, succulent, tasteful, tasty, toothsome, toothy, yummyAntonyms
distasteful, flat, flavorless, insipid, stale, tasteless, unappetizing, unpalatable, unsavory, yucky (also yukky)Related Words
digestible, eatable, edible; delightful, heavenly, pleasing; agreeable, gratifying, pleasant; satisfying; choice, delicate, exquisite, rareNear Antonyms
banal, boring, commonplace, tedious; noisome, smelly, stinky; noxious, unwholesome; miserable, wretched; abhorrent, abominable, awful, detestable, disagreeable, disgusting, foul, horrid, nauseating, offensive, repellent (also repellant), repugnant, repulsive, sickening, unpleasantSCRUMPTIOUS Defined for English Language Learners
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Definition of scrumptious for English Language Learners
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: very pleasant to taste
SCRUMPTIOUS Defined for Kids
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Definition of scrumptious for Students
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:delicious
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:delightful
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