ambrosial

/æm'brouzjəl/

Thân thiện

The chef prepared an ambrosial dessert that delighted everyone at the table.

Definition

1. Adjective:
   • Extremely pleasing to the taste or smell; deliciously fragrant or sweet: Describes something that has a wonderfully pleasant taste or aroma, often considered divine or perfect.
   • Worthy of or fit for the gods; divine: Describes something of such exquisite quality that it seems suitable for deities.

Examples of Usage

• Adjective:
  • The ambrosial aroma of freshly baked bread filled the entire kitchen.
  • The dessert was truly ambrosial, with a perfect balance of sweetness and flavor.
  • In the myth, only the gods were permitted to consume the ambrosial food of Olympus.

Advanced Usage

• "ambrosial quality": The characteristic of being divinely delicious or fragrant.
  • Critics praised the wine for its ambrosial quality and complex bouquet.
• Used in literary or poetic contexts: Often employed to elevate the description of food, drink, or scent beyond the ordinary.
  • The poet described the garden's air as ambrosial, laden with the scent of night-blooming jasmine.

Variants and Related Words

• Ambrosia (noun): In classical mythology, the food or drink of the gods that conferred immortality. By extension, something extremely pleasing to taste or smell.
  • The ripe peaches were like ambrosia.
• Ambrosially (adverb): In an ambrosial manner.
  • The air was ambrosially scented after the rain.

Synonyms

• Delicious: Highly pleasant to the taste.
• Delectable: Delightful, especially to the taste.
• Nectarous: Resembling nectar; deliciously sweet.
• Divine: Excellent, delightful; in a more general sense, heavenly.

Antonyms

• Foul: Having an offensive smell or taste.
• Disgusting: Arousing revulsion or strong displeasure.
• Unpalatable: Not pleasant to taste.

Related Idioms and Phrases

• "Ambrosial feast": A meal of exceptionally delicious food.
  • The chef prepared an ambrosial feast for the celebration.
• "Ambrosial nights": (Poetic) Evenings filled with delightful, sweet scents or experiences.
  • They spent ambrosial nights in the tropical garden.

Học thuật

Adjective

1. worthy of the gods
2. extremely pleasing to the taste; sweet and fragrant
   • a nectarous drink
   • ambrosial food

Từ đồng nghĩa

• ambrosian
• nectarous