Food / A2

di-LISH-uh-s/dɪˈlɪʃəs/

Delicious means the taste is very pleasant: a delicious meal, this soup is delicious. Tasty is a little weaker and more informal; yummy is childish. Use it for food and drink, not for a film or a person. Deliciously is rare at A2. The opposite is disgusting or awful for food.

Meaning

Having a very pleasant taste.

Examples

• “This cake is delicious.”
• “The bread from that bakery is delicious.”
• “Thank you — dinner was delicious.”

Good to know

delicious + food/drink. Weaker: tasty. Not for people or films.

Near in meaning

tasty

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