ambrosian

9.9

Very pleasant in taste or smell, like delicious food

adjective
/æmˈbroʊʒən/

: ambrosial

Her grandmother's secret recipe produced an ambrosian stew everyone raved about.

Examples

The chef prepared an ambrosian dessert that delighted everyone's senses.
This chocolate is truly ambrosian!
As soon as I entered the bakery, the ambrosian scent of fresh pastries filled the air.
What an ambrosian scent this flower has!
As soon as I entered the bakery, the ambrosian scent of fresh pastries filled the air.
Her grandmother's secret recipe produced an ambrosian stew everyone raved about.
The chef prepared an ambrosian dessert that delighted everyone's senses.

Synonyms

delicious

vsambrosian

419 1.0

Very pleasant to taste

is more exalted and compared to divine food than ordinary pleasant flavor

luscious

vsambrosian

14 4.3

Having a very rich, sweet taste or smell that feels pleasant

is more about a sacred, godlike scent than sensual richness

delectable

vsambrosian

12 5.1

Very pleasant to taste, especially of food or drink

is described as divine and fragrant rather than just tasty enjoyment

ambrosial

vsambrosian

1 8.6

Very pleasing to the taste or smell, like delicious food

is likened specifically to the food of the gods

nectarous

vsambrosian

Literature

8.4

Very sweet and nice to taste and smell

is more mythic and godlike than merely sweet and fragrant

sapid

vsambrosian

9.9

A strong pleasant taste you notice when you eat or drink

is more fragrant and mythically praised rather than merely flavorful

Antonyms

foul

24 3.0

Having a very bad smell or taste

offensive

15 5.3

Having a bad smell or taste that bothers you

unappetizing

4 4.8

Not looking, smelling, or tasting good so you do not want to eat it

How Pleasing

heavenly

29 3.4

ambrosian

9.9

delicious

419 1.0

tasty

175 1.0

pleasant

314 1.0

bland

23 2.0

Surface Forms

ambrosian positive

Morphology

ambrosian = ambrosia (semi-transparent) = ambrosia + ian

The adjective is formed by a regular adjectival suffix from 'ambrosia', but the base noun is rare and not known by many learners, reducing practical transparency.

Etymology

Ambrosian comes from the Greek word ambrosia, which means 'food of the gods' and 'immortal'. So, calling something ambrosian says it tastes or smells so wonderful it is like food fit for the gods.