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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