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curried

curried

3.1
Cooked with curry spices
  • adjective
  • /ˈkɜːrid/
translation icon : curry
  • The restaurant is known for its curried chicken served with rice.

Examples

  • She prepared a delicious dish of curried vegetables for dinner.

  • And they had curried or whatever the term is, influence there.

  • So they started making us curried potatoes.

  • I've had curried goat and I'll tell you what.

  • Because I guess, you know, if it doesn't come in a package, it's a lot harder to tell the difference between curried chicken wrap and tuna wrap.

  • We enjoyed a flavorful bowl of curried lentil soup on a chilly day.

Synonyms

spiced
vscurried
3 1.7

Has the taste of spices like cinnamon or cloves

is specific to a particular spice blend rather than any spices
devilled
vscurried
  • UK
5.6

Prepared with strong spices to make food spicy

uses a distinct blended spice sauce rather than mainly hot seasoning
to flavored
vscurried
  • US
1.5

Made with an added taste like herbs or lemon

refers to a specific mixed spice profile not just any added taste

Antonyms

plain
208 1.0

Simple and not decorated or flavored

unseasoned
1 4.0

Food that has no salt or spices added

How Spiced

spicy
141 1.0
curried
3.1
spiced
3 1.7
bland
23 2.0

Surface Forms

curried positive

Morphology

curried = curry (transparent) = curry + ed

Derived from the noun 'curry' (the spice/dish) with -ed to form an adjective meaning 'flavoured with curry'; straightforward composition.

Etymology

Curried meaning flavored with curry comes from a South Asian word kari meaning 'sauce', which named the spiced sauces used in many dishes. So a curried dish is one cooked or served with curry sauce or spices.