shiok

9.9

Very tasty and enjoyable, often said about food

adjective

Slang

: delicioso

The spicy noodles were so shiok that I ordered a second bowl.

Examples

This dish is so shiok!
Winning the game after weeks of practice felt absolutely shiok.
That ice cream is really shiok on a hot day.
The shiok flavors of the curry blew me away.
The spicy noodles were so shiok that I ordered a second bowl.
That ice cream is really shiok on a hot day.
The shiok flavors of the curry blew me away.

Synonyms

yummy

vsshiok

Informal

107 6.1

Very tasty and pleasant to eat

is stronger expressing extreme enjoyment or pleasure

lekker

vsshiok

South African

1 9.5

Something people call pleasant and enjoyable, often about food or fun times

is more intense showing great pleasure or strong enjoyment

scrummy and delicious

vsshiok

7.1

Very tasty and pleasant to eat

is used for strong pleasure beyond taste and food

Antonyms

unpleasant

183 1.0

Not nice and causing discomfort or unhappiness

displeasing

2 4.0

Something that makes people feel dislike or annoyance

How Enjoyable

shiok

Slang

9.9

delicious

488 1.0

enjoyable

115 1.0

pleasant

323 1.0

Surface Forms

shiok positive

Etymology

The word shiok comes from the Malay word syok, which means 'pleasure' or 'enjoyment', and it is used in Singapore and Malaysia to say something is very tasty or gives great satisfaction. Think of the small rush of pleasure when you eat something delicious or win a game — that feeling is shiok.