as in delicious
very pleasing to the sense of taste
baked a scrumptious chocolate cake
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Recent Examples of scrumptious
Lola is the National’s scrumptious dining spot, often with live music and a fabulous drag brunch show on select Saturdays.
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Jenny Peters, Oc Register, 9 Sep. 2025
The little pull apart rolls are soft inside, crisp at the edges, and deliciously scrumptious.
—Kimberly Holland, Southern Living, 31 Aug. 2025
The food at this dreamy manor house nestled in the English countryside is scrumptious, with a choice of wines at lunch.
—Jocelyn Noveck, Twin Cities, 27 Aug. 2025
His eight-course menu was off-the-scale scrumptious, and made all the more so by eating it inside the single-story, simple crofter’s farmhouse, carpeted with straw, and lit with tea lights and candles in wall nooks.
—Carlton Reid, Forbes.com, 25 Aug. 2025
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Jenny Peters, Oc Register, 9 Sep. 2025
The little pull apart rolls are soft inside, crisp at the edges, and deliciously scrumptious.
—Kimberly Holland, Southern Living, 31 Aug. 2025
The food at this dreamy manor house nestled in the English countryside is scrumptious, with a choice of wines at lunch.
—Jocelyn Noveck, Twin Cities, 27 Aug. 2025
His eight-course menu was off-the-scale scrumptious, and made all the more so by eating it inside the single-story, simple crofter’s farmhouse, carpeted with straw, and lit with tea lights and candles in wall nooks.
—Carlton Reid, Forbes.com, 25 Aug. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for scrumptious
delicious
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Nothing beats a delicious meal that comes together in one pot while delivering maximum flavor with minimal cleanup.—
Cameron Beall,
Southern Living,
27 Sep. 2025
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Besides the delicious sandwiches, the mango and papaya parfait was particularly delightful and light, and the chocolate cake came adored with a pink butterfly.—
Nicole Hoey,
Robb Report,
26 Sep. 2025
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“Scrumptious.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/scrumptious. Accessed 1 Oct. 2025.
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