tasty

/'teisti/

Thân thiện

The child enjoys a tasty apple for a snack.

Definition

1. Adjective:
   • Pleasing to the sense of taste; having a pleasant flavor: Describes food or drink that has a good, enjoyable, or delicious taste.
   • (Informal) Attractive, appealing, or stylish: Used figuratively to describe something that is very good, interesting, or appealing in a non-food context.

Usage Examples

• Adjective (Food/Drink):
  • She prepared a very tasty stew for dinner.
  • This local cheese is particularly tasty.
• Adjective (Informal/Figurative):
  • He offered me a tasty deal on the car.
  • That's a tasty piece of gossip you've heard.

Advanced Usage

• "to look tasty": to appear delicious or appealing.
  • The cake on the counter looks very tasty.
• "to make something tasty": to prepare or season food so it has a good flavor.
  • A pinch of salt can really make a simple soup tasty.

Variants and Related Words

• Tastily (adverb): in a tasty manner.
  • The dish was tastily seasoned.
• Tastiness (noun): the quality of being tasty.
  • The tastiness of the sauce was undeniable.

Synonyms

• Delicious: extremely pleasing to the sense of taste.
• Flavorful: full of flavor.
• Savory: pleasant or agreeable to taste (often used for non-sweet foods).
• Delectable: delightful, highly pleasing, especially to taste.
• Appetizing: stimulating or appealing to the appetite.

Antonyms

• Tasteless: lacking flavor.
• Bland: lacking strong flavor; mild.
• Unappetizing: not appealing to the appetite.

Related Phrases & Idioms

• A tasty morsel: a small piece of delicious food; (figuratively) an interesting piece of information.
  • The journalist was always on the lookout for a tasty morsel of scandal.

Học thuật

Adjective

1. pleasing to the sense of taste
   • a tasty morsel