What does delicious mean?
Word: Delicious
Part of Speech: Adjective
Meaning: Delicious means having a very pleasant taste or smell.
Synonyms: tasty
How do you spell delicious?
Syllables: de - li - cious
Tricky part: The sh sound near the end is not spelt sh at all, and writing it by ear gives delishus. Its ending is -cious.
Watch out for: delishus, delitious
Memory tip: Five letters, not three, make that shus sound at the end: count them off on one hand as you write.
Delicious in a sentence
Example 1: Mum's vegetable stew smells delicious as soon as she lifts the lid.
Example 2: These mangoes from Ratnagiri are so delicious that the whole box vanished in a day.
Example 3: We sat on the steps and shared a delicious plate of hot pancakes.
Fun Fact
The Japanese word umami, now used for the savoury taste in mushrooms and tomatoes, is built from a word meaning delicious.
Practise the CREST Way
Spellacadabra
Choose the option in which the following letters will fit in the given order:
e, i
a) aud__c__ous
b) d__l__cious
c) gr__c__ous
d) v__v__cious
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b) d__l__cious. Gracious and audacious need a, i and vivacious needs i, a, so only the tasty word takes e, i.
Word Puzzle
Match each word with its opposite:
1. ancient 2. delicious 3. generous a. disgusting b. modern c. stingy
a) 1-a, 2-b, 3-c
b) 1-b, 2-c, 3-a
c) 1-c, 2-b, 3-a
d) 1-b, 2-a, 3-c
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d) 1-b, 2-a, 3-c. Ancient is the reverse of modern, a nice taste the reverse of a disgusting one, and generous the reverse of stingy.
Jumble Tumble
What is the meaning of the word that can be formed from the given letters?
osicliued
a) clear and easy to see from far away
b) kind and always ready to help other people
c) so good to eat that you want another helping
d) too heavy for one person to lift alone
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c) so good to eat that you want another helping. Unscramble them and you get the word for food you really enjoy.
Spell Spies
Choose the misspelt word/s in the given sentence:
The dellicious smell of frying onions drifted down the corridor and into the crowded classroom.
a) dellicious and corridor
b) crowded and classroom
c) only dellicious
d) only corridor
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c) only dellicious. Just one word has a slip: its l should not be doubled.
Multiple Choice Questions
1. After tasting the pasta, Luca asked for a second plateful and called it delicious. What can you tell from this?
a) he wanted to try a different dish
b) he found the food far too salty
c) he enjoyed the food a great deal
d) he had cooked the food himself
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c) he enjoyed the food a great deal
2. Which of these could best replace delicious in 'a delicious mango'?
a) heart-warming
b) mouth-watering
c) sky-high
d) hard-working
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b) mouth-watering
