yummy

Examples

• All

• Tried some yummy flavors of Oreo cookies with Moe for the Oreo challenge game.

• After dinner, the kids couldn't wait to have their yummy ice cream sundaes.

• I am so excited to be talking to you guys, and I know that you sent us some of your yummy cookies.

• Yeah, a nice yummy piece of cheese for breakfast.

• Yummy, yummy, yummy in my tummy.

• All I need on hand to get almost any meat or vegetable hot and yummy is butter or oil, salt, and pepper.

  Blog text (19)

• Just let the dog sniff me, I'll give him some yummies, and we're outta here.

  K-9 (1989)

• "Among the Omahas, food is a particularly respectful gift, so once, when I wanted to do something nice for an Omaha friend, I put together a big basket of fresh fruit, sausages, cheese, and lots of yummies.

  Academic text (1991)

• The birthday cake was a delightful yummy treat that everyone enjoyed.

• The picnic was filled with yummy snacks like cookies and fruit.

Synonyms

T

treat

vsyummy

398 1.0

Something special and enjoyable like ice cream or a nice outing

is specifically about tasty foods liked especially by children

S

sweet

vsyummy

69 1.0

A small sugary food eaten after a meal

is broader, used for any tasty food not only sugary desserts

G

goody

vsyummy

• UK

62 2.3

A small sweet food people eat for pleasure

is a general enjoyment label often used by children for many foods

Y

yum

vsyummy

• Informal

11 7.5

A food or dish that tastes very good

is a child-friendly term focusing on enjoyment rather than adult slang

C

culinary delight

vsyummy

1 4.0

A very tasty dish that people enjoy eating

is simpler and aimed at childlike pleasure rather than refined cuisine

Antonyms

U

unappetizing

4 4.8

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

D

displeasing

2 4.0

Something that makes people feel dislike or annoyance

How Tasty

delicacy

37 6.3

yummy

• Baby Talk

2 1.0

treat

398 1.0

snack

471 1.0

food

∞ 1.0

Surface Forms

Etymology