Antonyms for delectable

Grammar : Adj

Spell : dih-lek-tuh-buhl

Phonetic Transcription : dɪˈlɛk tə bəl

Definition of delectable

Origin : late 14c., from Old French delectable, from Latin delectabilis "delightful," from delectare (see delight (n.)). Related: Delectably.

adj delicious, enjoyable

Example sentences :

He is taken to the roof, from which he sees far off the outlines of the Delectable Mountains.
Extract from : « Bunyan » by James Anthony Froude

We'll see dear, delectable Greycroft and have our picnic in the barn?
Extract from : « Miss Pat at School » by Pemberton Ginther

This delectable dream, with infinite variations, carried Roger home.
Extract from : « The Forbidden Trail » by Honor Willsie

"Go and tell him I wish to speak with him," ordered the delectable tyrant.
Extract from : « Little Miss Grouch » by Samuel Hopkins Adams

Nothing was too good for the sweet, delectable creature, and he told him as much.
Extract from : « Follow My leader » by Talbot Baines Reed

This last is the most delectable of all—but, alas, it is the one that fades most quickly.
Extract from : « This Giddy Globe » by Oliver Herford

And even if we had not, would not the sense and the satire of it be delectable?
Extract from : « A History of the French Novel, Vol. 1 » by George Saintsbury

He was a type of that delectable world from which she was shut out.
Extract from : « Jewel Weed » by Alice Ames Winter

The day may come when this delectable creature may fall to his portion.
Extract from : « April's Lady » by Margaret Wolfe Hungerford

It was the most delectable of all the finny genus, superior even to the pompano.
Extract from : « Blacksheep! Blacksheep! » by Meredith Nicholson

Synonyms for delectable

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