ambrosial

C2+ Topic:Describing Qualities

US /æmˈbroʊʒəl/ UK /æmˈbrəʊziəl/ See IPA manual

Meanings

1

adj
exceptionally pleasing to taste or smell; worthy of the gods

The ripe peaches had an ambrosial fragrance.

Thesaurus

Synonyms

1 adj · exceptionally pleasing to... delicious fragrant heavenly luscious delectable divine savory

Opposites

foul unpalatable disgusting rank

Word family

Derived forms ambrosially

Related forms ambrosia

Etymology

From ambrosia + -al, from Latin ambrosia, from Ancient Greek ambrosia ('food of the gods'), from ambrotos ('immortal'), from a- ('not') + brotos ('mortal').

ambrosia Ancient Greek ambrotos Ancient Greek

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Describing Qualities Word Formation & Derivatives

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# ambrosial

**Type:** Word
**Level:** C2+
**Part of speech:** adj
**IPA (US):** /æmˈbroʊʒəl/
**IPA (UK):** /æmˈbrəʊziəl/

## Meanings
1. exceptionally pleasing to taste or smell; worthy of the gods

## Examples
- The ripe peaches had an ambrosial fragrance.

## Synonyms
- delicious
- fragrant
- heavenly
- luscious
- delectable
- divine
- savory

## Antonyms
- foul
- unpalatable
- disgusting
- rank

## Derived Forms
- ambrosially

## Related Forms
- ambrosia

## Roots and Affixes
- Root: ambrosia
- Root: ambrotos

## Etymology
From ambrosia + -al, from Latin ambrosia, from Ancient Greek ambrosia ('food of the gods'), from ambrotos ('immortal'), from a- ('not') + brotos ('mortal').

## AI Etymology
Ambrosial is from ambrosia + -al, from Latin ambrosia, from Ancient Greek ambrosia ('food of the gods'), from ambrotos ('immortal'), from a- ('not') + brotos ('mortal'). Important recorded forms include ambrosia (Ancient Greek) and ambrotos (Ancient Greek). Morphologically, the word is a built form whose named elements carry part of the historical sense. The current sense covers exceptionally pleasing to taste or smell; worthy of the gods. The wider family includes derived forms such as ambrosially and related words such as ambrosia.

## Topics
- Describing Qualities
- Word Formation & Derivatives

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