sacrilicious

1 9.9

Very rich and tasty, so good you feel a little guilty

adjective
/sækrɪˈlɪʃəs/

Slang

: delicioso

The chef's new burger is a sacrilicious treat for anyone who loves rich flavors.

Examples

That chocolate cake was so sacrilicious I felt guilty eating it.
This chocolate cake is sacrilicious!
People come from all over the city to taste his sacrilicious desserts.
I had a sacrilicious burger for lunch yesterday.
The dessert was so sacrilicious that I had to have a second serving despite my diet.
Everyone agreed that the triple chocolate cake was sacrilicious and hard to resist.
She described the creamy pasta as sacrilicious, making it seem irresistible to her friends.

Synonyms

yummy

vssacrilicious

Informal

106 6.1

Very tasty and pleasant to eat

is more adult and implies indulgence that feels taboo

delectable

vssacrilicious

12 5.1

Very pleasant to taste, especially of food or drink

is more informal and suggests indulgent taboo pleasure

delish

vssacrilicious

Informal

6 8.8

Very tasty and pleasant to eat

is stronger and adds a sense of guilty or taboo enjoyment

simply sinful

vssacrilicious

Informal

5.6

Tastes very rich and is almost too good to resist

is more about tasting forbidden or almost taboo

delicioso

vssacrilicious

Informal

6.3

Very tasty and pleasant to eat

is more extreme and suggests indulgent, taboo enjoyment

How Tasty

sacrilicious

Slang

1 9.9

scrumptious

17 3.7

delicious

419 1.0

tasty

175 1.0

palatable

31 4.9

Surface Forms

sacrilicious positive

Morphology

sacrilicious = sacred + delicious (opaque) = sacr + licious

The word 'sacrilicious' is a playful blend of 'sacred' and 'delicious', but the meaning is not directly derived from its parts.

Etymology

Sacrilicious is a playful mix of sacrilegious ('sinful' or 'breaking something sacred') and delicious ('tasty'). A helpful way to remember it is that something sacrilicious is so rich and tasty you almost feel guilty eating it.