oniony

C2+ Topic:Describing Qualities

US /ˈʌnjəni/ UK /ˈʌnjəni/ See IPA manual

Freq #180783

Meanings

1

adj
Resembling an onion or onions, especially in terms of smell.

The leaves of the Salad leek possess a somewhat oniony taste and smell, and are extensively eaten raw as a relish.
2

adj
Flavoured with onions.

No more will the messenger boy, the rounder, or the girl about town be able to indulge in the oniony hamburger, the last year’s chicken sandwich, or any of the other edibles and indigestibles furnished by the wheeled commissaries.
3

adj
Resembling or characteristic of the satirical news website The Onion.

Many of these submissions were deleted for not having “an oniony quality” (seeming more like satire than news, not just a funny title) or being from an unreliable news source.

Thesaurus

Synonyms

2 adj · flavoured with onions. onioned

Word family

Derived forms onioniness

Etymology

From onion + -y. In sense 3, after the mock news outlet The Onion.

Topics

Describing Qualities Word Formation & Derivatives

External links

# oniony

**Type:** Word
**Level:** C2+
**Part of speech:** adj
**IPA (US):** /ˈʌnjəni/
**IPA (UK):** /ˈʌnjəni/
**Frequency rank:** 180783

## Meanings
1. Resembling an onion or onions, especially in terms of smell.
2. Flavoured with onions.
3. Resembling or characteristic of the satirical news website The Onion.

## Examples
- The leaves of the Salad leek possess a somewhat oniony taste and smell, and are extensively eaten raw as a relish.
- No more will the messenger boy, the rounder, or the girl about town be able to indulge in the oniony hamburger, the last year’s chicken sandwich, or any of the other edibles and indigestibles furnished by the wheeled commissaries.
- Many of these submissions were deleted for not having “an oniony quality” (seeming more like satire than news, not just a funny title) or being from an unreliable news source.

## Derived Forms
- onioniness

## Etymology
From onion + -y. In sense 3, after the mock news outlet The Onion.

## Topics
- Describing Qualities
- Word Formation & Derivatives

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