spiced

past tense of spice
as in flavored
to make more pleasant to the taste by adding something intensely flavored spice the stew with more pepper

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Recent Examples of spiced These fritters are sweet, tart, and spiced, all at once. Phoebe Evans, Southern Living, 1 Oct. 2025 In markets in the capital Kinshasa, tubs full of writhing white maggots line the alleyways, and women traders fry caterpillars, spiced with chili, over charcoal fires. Emmet Livingstone, NPR, 20 Sep. 2025 Throw on a sweater, curl up with a good book by the fire, and sip something spiced. Lanee Lee, Forbes.com, 15 Sep. 2025 But Norris’ camp spiced things up by gambling on a one-stop strategy, pitting him later, on lap 31. Sahil Kapur, NBC news, 3 Aug. 2025
Recent Examples of Synonyms for spiced
flavored
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  • Following the success of its Strawberry Smile collaboration with Sanrio, Moon is teaming up again with Hello Kitty to launch a mint and chocolate-flavored collection, featuring a few of the beauty brand’s bestselling essentials, such as the whitening pen duo and toothpaste.
    Kaleigh Werner, Footwear News, 26 Sep. 2025
  • Today, seltzer water is sold almost everywhere, with brands offering plain and flavored varieties ranging from lime and black cherry to grapefruit and seasonal blends.
    Daryl Austin, USA Today, 26 Sep. 2025

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“Spiced.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/spiced. Accessed 8 Oct. 2025.

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