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nectarous

nectarous

8.4
Very sweet and nice to taste and smell
  • adjective
  • /ˈnɛktərəs/
  • Literature
translation icon : nectáreo
  • The chef served a nectarous dessert that left everyone wanting more.

Examples

  • The aroma from the orchard was nectarous, filling the air with a sweet fragrance.

  • Her homemade lemonade was so nectarous that it became the highlight of the picnic.

  • This fruit is nectarous!

  • The nectarous fruits of summer are my favorite.

  • Her homemade lemonade was so nectarous that it became the highlight of the picnic.

  • The chef served a nectarous dessert that left everyone wanting more.

  • The aroma from the orchard was nectarous, filling the air with a sweet fragrance.

Synonyms

delicious
vsnectarous
419 1.0

Very pleasant to taste

puts extra weight on sweet fragrance as a defining feature
tasty
vsnectarous
175 1.0

Food or drink with a pleasant flavor that people enjoy

specifies especially sweet and fragrant taste rather than general pleasantness
yummy
vsnectarous
  • Informal
106 6.1

Very tasty and pleasant to eat

is more formal and emphasizes sweet, fragrant delight rather than casual taste
succulent
vsnectarous
19 4.2

Soft and full of juice, like ripe fruit or cooked meat

centres on sweet fragrance rather than texture or juiciness
scrumptious
vsnectarous
17 3.7

Very tasty and pleasant to eat

adds a distinct sweet and fragrant quality beyond general tastiness
luscious
vsnectarous
14 4.3

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

leans more toward floral perfumed sweetness rather than just richness
delectable
vsnectarous
12 5.1

Very pleasant to taste, especially of food or drink

adds emphasis on fragrant sweetness beyond general strong pleasure
mouthwatering
vsnectarous
4 3.2

So good in smell or look that you want to eat it

focuses more on sweet fragrant pleasure than mere visual or smell appeal
ambrosial
vsnectarous
1 8.6

Very pleasing to the taste or smell, like delicious food

stresses a sweeter, more nectarlike fragrance than this broader sensory praise
flavorsome
vsnectarous
  • US
1 4.3

Having a strong and pleasant taste

narrows the idea to sweet, perfumed pleasure rather than strength alone
ambrosian
vsnectarous
9.9

Very pleasant in taste or smell, like delicious food

focuses even more on strong sweetness and floral fragrance than this term
mellitus
vsnectarous
9.9

Tasting sweet like honey

highlights sweeter floral notes and perfume beyond mere honeyed taste
sapid
vsnectarous
9.9

A strong pleasant taste you notice when you eat or drink

emphasizes sweet floral scent as the central pleasing quality
saporous
vsnectarous
9.9

A food with a strong, pleasant taste that people enjoy

focuses more narrowly on sweet fragrance than general flavor fullness
pleasant-tasting
vsnectarous
3.0

A food or drink with a nice taste that people enjoy

specifies a particularly sweet and fragrant quality beyond simple agreeableness

Antonyms

unpleasant
215 1.0

Not nice and causing discomfort or unhappiness

disagreeable
6 3.9

Unpleasant to do or feel and causing annoyance

How Tasty

nectarous
  • Literature
8.4
tasty
175 1.0
pleasant
314 1.0
palatable
31 4.9

Surface Forms

nectarous positive

Morphology

nectarous = nectar (transparent) = nectar + ous

Formed by the productive adjectival suffix '-ous' added to 'nectar', yielding 'having qualities of nectar' (i.e., very sweet or pleasing).

Etymology

Nectarous comes from the simple word nectar, from Greek nektar meaning 'drink of the gods', a very sweet and pleasant drink. So to call a taste or smell nectarous is to say it is very sweet and pleasing, like that special drink.