delectable
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de·lec·ta·ble
(dĭ-lĕk'tə-bəl) 
adj.
Something delightful or delicious: a feast of home-cooked delectables.
delectably de·lec'ta·bly adv.
adj.
- Greatly pleasing; delightful.
- Greatly pleasing to the taste; delicious. See synonyms at delicious.
Something delightful or delicious: a feast of home-cooked delectables.
[Middle English, from Old French, from Latin dēlectābilis, from dēlectāre, to please. See delight.]
delectability de·lec'ta·bil'i·ty or de·lec'ta·ble·ness n.delectably de·lec'ta·bly adv.
Roget's Thesaurus:
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delectable
adjective
- Giving great pleasure or delight: charming, delicious, delightful, enchanting, heavenly, luscious. Informal darling. See good/bad, happy/unhappy, like/dislike.
- Highly pleasing, especially to the sense of taste: ambrosial, appetizing, delicious, heavenly, luscious, savory, scrumptious, tasteful, tasty, toothsome. Slang yummy. See good/bad, ingestion.
Antonyms by Answers.com:
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delectable
adj
Definition: delicious, enjoyable
Antonyms: bad, disagreeable, horrible, nauseating, offensive, repulsive, sickening, unpleasant, unsatisfying
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delectable
IN BRIEF: Very pleasing to the taste; delicious.
To be overcome by the fragrance of flowers is a delectable form of defeat.
— Beverley Nichols.
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categories related to 'delectable'
- Beautiful, attractive, or well-formed
- Tastes - delectable: (adj) delicious or appetizing
Bradford's Crossword Solver's Dictionary:
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delectable
See crossword solutions for the clue Delectable.
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Delectable
Dansk (Danish)
adj. - dejlig, herlig
n. - noget dejligt, herlighed
Nederlands (Dutch)
verrukkelijk
Français (French)
adj. - délicieux, délectable
n. - délice
Deutsch (German)
adj. - köstlich
n. - Köstlichkeit
Ελληνική (Greek)
adj. - απολαυστικός, τερπνός
Italiano (Italian)
dilettevole
Português (Portuguese)
adj. - delicioso
Русский (Russian)
прелестный, восхитительный
Español (Spanish)
adj. - delicioso, deleitable
n. - atractivo
Svenska (Swedish)
adj. - behaglig, ljuvlig
中文（简体）(Chinese (Simplified))
快乐的, 愉快的, 可喜的, 使人愉快的事物, 美味的食物
中文（繁體）(Chinese (Traditional))
adj. - 快樂的, 愉快的, 可喜的
n. - 使人愉快的事物, 美味的食物
한국어 (Korean)
adj. - 기분 좋은, 맛있는
n. - 매우 맛 좋은 음식
日本語 (Japanese)
adj. - 非常に快い, 楽しい, おいしい
n. - 快いもの
العربيه (Arabic)
(صفه) مبهج, سار جدا
עברית (Hebrew)
adj. - נחמד, נעים, טעים
n. - מתאבן טעים
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