Antonyms for delicacies

Grammar : Noun

Spell : del-i-kuh-see

Phonetic Transcription : ˈdɛl ɪ kə si

Definition of delicacies

Origin : "things dainty and gratifying to the palate," mid-15c., from plural of delicacy.

noun daintiness, fineness of structure
noun delicious, gourmet food

Example sentences :

The roll of delicacies is long enough, or even too long without them.
Extract from : « The Cook's Decameron: A Study in Taste: » by Mrs. W. G. Waters

And the Jews, when they left Egypt, looked back with fondness to these delicacies.
Extract from : « Storyology » by Benjamin Taylor

Neither would you approve of the delicacies, as they are thought, of Athenian confectionary?
Extract from : « The Republic » by Plato

He handed her the basket, and she brought out the delicacies.
Extract from : « The Wall Street Girl » by Frederick Orin Bartlett

He wrote to Paris and London for all the delicacies of the "comestible" shops.
Extract from : « That Boy Of Norcott's » by Charles James Lever

Naples excels in these delicacies, and the abbe had everything of the best.
Extract from : « The Memoires of Casanova, Complete » by Jacques Casanova de Seingalt

This was not a time for delicacies of sentiment He wished to save Annette.
Extract from : « Despair's Last Journey » by David Christie Murray

There's no poison in them, but lots of goose-livers and other delicacies.
Extract from : « A Hungarian Nabob » by Maurus Jkai

You say that you can afford to indulge yourself in the delicacies to which I have alluded.
Extract from : « Advice to a Young Man upon First Going to Oxford » by Edward Berens

Where the Colonel obtained all these delicacies I can not imagine.
Extract from : « The Citizen-Soldier » by John Beatty

Synonyms for delicacies

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