as in delicious
very pleasing to the sense of taste
baked a scrumptious chocolate cake
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Recent Examples of scrumptious
This celebration offers symbolic and scrumptious sufganiyot or jelly doughnuts and potato latkes (pancakes) traditionally fried in oil and topped with chunky applesauce or sour cream.
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Catharine Kaufman, San Diego Union-Tribune, 2 Dec. 2025
Packaged in a giftable blue box, the scrumptious-smelling votives have a six-hour burn time and will make any space feel as warm and inviting as the popular bakery.
—Mark Marino, Bon Appetit Magazine, 31 Oct. 2025
Pitt has rest/prep edge after playing last Thursday, Gee Bees have lost last six trips to it’s-still-Heinz Field-to-me, and Mike Tomlin as a home dog following a loss is too scrumptious to pass up.
—Miami Herald, 23 Oct. 2025
The feature, based on the 2016 novel by Ruth Ware, has all the ingredients of the perfect midweek movie, a delicious cast full of classy Brit actors, a dollop of mystery and a scrumptious 1 hour and 30 minute runtime.
—Abid Rahman, HollywoodReporter, 1 Oct. 2025
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Catharine Kaufman, San Diego Union-Tribune, 2 Dec. 2025
Packaged in a giftable blue box, the scrumptious-smelling votives have a six-hour burn time and will make any space feel as warm and inviting as the popular bakery.
—Mark Marino, Bon Appetit Magazine, 31 Oct. 2025
Pitt has rest/prep edge after playing last Thursday, Gee Bees have lost last six trips to it’s-still-Heinz Field-to-me, and Mike Tomlin as a home dog following a loss is too scrumptious to pass up.
—Miami Herald, 23 Oct. 2025
The feature, based on the 2016 novel by Ruth Ware, has all the ingredients of the perfect midweek movie, a delicious cast full of classy Brit actors, a dollop of mystery and a scrumptious 1 hour and 30 minute runtime.
—Abid Rahman, HollywoodReporter, 1 Oct. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for scrumptious
delicious
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Expect a whimsical yet extensive drinks program here, including surprisingly delicious non-alcoholic cocktail concoctions.—
Iona Brannon,
Travel + Leisure,
7 Feb. 2026
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All of the flavors—Thousand Island dressing, Worcestershire sauce, spicy-brown mustard, hot sauce—come together in one delicious recipe.—
Jenna Sims,
Southern Living,
7 Feb. 2026
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