Antonyms for luscious


Grammar : Adj
Spell : luhsh-uhs
Phonetic Transcription : ˈlʌʃ əs


Definition of luscious

Origin :
  • late 15c., perhaps a variant (with form perhaps influenced by Old French luxure, lusure) of Middle English licius "delicious" (c.1400), which is perhaps a shortening of delicious, but OED is against this. Related: Lusciously; lusciousness.
  • adj delicious, delectable
Example sentences :
  • And who could be more just than he in distributing the luscious prize?
  • Extract from : « Ranald Bannerman's Boyhood » by George MacDonald
  • In plucking them they pricked their fingers with the sharp points, but the fruit was luscious.
  • Extract from : « Sielanka: An Idyll » by Henryk Sienkiewicz
  • She could still see him in action with the seven luscious maidens.
  • Extract from : « Pagan Passions » by Gordon Randall Garrett
  • In the fragrance of the blossom of the limes the bees are gleaning a luscious harvest.
  • Extract from : « A Book of Myths » by Jean Lang
  • No drop of water might cool his lips, no luscious fruit might soothe his agony.
  • Extract from : « Museum of Antiquity » by L. W. Yaggy
  • It is a specimen of game which I have just introduced, a Cicada, a luscious morsel.
  • Extract from : « The Glow-Worm and Other Beetles » by Jean Henri Fabre
  • Tasted these wines; found them sweet and luscious, too much so for my palate.
  • Extract from : « Kathay: A Cruise in the China Seas » by W. Hastings Macaulay
  • Somebody had discovered a pasture where the bushes were loaded with luscious fruit.
  • Extract from : « The Torch Bearer » by I. T. Thurston
  • It is a mixture of the sweet and acid, blended in the most luscious manner.
  • Extract from : « Borneo and the Indian Archipelago » by Frank S. Marryat
  • They were such great, luscious berries that they soon had it filled.
  • Extract from : « A Little Girl in Old New York » by Amanda Millie Douglas

Synonyms for luscious

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