luscious
Tasting or looking rich, sweet and delicious.
luscious in a sentence
- The luscious peach dripped juice down her chin with every bite.
- The luscious chocolate cake looked so rich and sticky that everyone asked for seconds.
Try an 11+ style question
Verbal reasoning papers often ask about a word like this.
Which word is closest in meaning to luscious?
- Abland
- Bdelicious
- Ctasteless
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B: delicious. The other three mean the opposite of luscious.
Which word is most nearly opposite in meaning to luscious?
- Abland
- Bdelicious
- Cjuicy
- Dtasty
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A: bland. The other three mean nearly the same as luscious.
Words that mean something similar
delicious, tasty, juicy
Words that mean the opposite
bland, tasteless
More words about appearance & looks
- magnificent: Extremely beautiful and impressive.
- majestic: Grand and impressive, like a king or queen.
- mar: To spoil or damage something.
- mottled: Covered in patches or spots of different colours.
- opulent: Very grand and expensive-looking.
- ornate: Decorated with lots of fancy patterns and details.
- ostentatious: Showy in a way that is meant to impress other people.
- outlandish: Very strange and unusual, almost unbelievable.
More words to explore
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Plain-English guides to each test, from the councils’ own pages: Kent Test · Medway Test · Bucks Secondary Transfer Test