ambrosia

noun

Definition of ambrosianext
1
as in lusciousness

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2
as in joy

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Recent Examples of ambrosia There’s even ambrosia for dessert. — Associate Restaurant Critic, San Francisco Chronicle, 4 Dec. 2024 This isn't your Mama's ambrosia salad! — Patricia S York, Southern Living, 17 June 2026 Walking through the West Village on a sunny spring day is pure ambrosia. — Condé Nast, Condé Nast Traveler, 30 Mar. 2026 Everyone seems to be working effectively except for Oscar, who makes a gigantic deep pan of bread pudding but doesn’t get it into the oven until about an hour is left, and Justin, who grabbed ambrosia salad seemingly on a whim and doesn’t have a real vision for how to update it. — Roxana Hadadi, Vulture, 21 Apr. 2026 See All Example Sentences for ambrosia
Recent Examples of Synonyms for ambrosia
  1. lusciousness
  2. joy
  3. perfume
  4. manna
  5. fragrance
  6. feast
  7. attar
  8. pleasure
Noun
  • At least there’s Huppert in gloriously aloof form, plus the overripe lusciousness of Martin Gschlacht’s cinematography; with an edible and/or a cocktail or three, that might be enough.
    — David Rooney, HollywoodReporter, 18 Feb. 2026
  • White Wine Grape Glossary Grenache Blanc An ample, full-bodied white that along with Roussanne personifies the power and lusciousness of Châteauneuf-du-Pape and other Rhône white blends, but also the Spanish white Rioja.
    — Anna Lee C. Iijima, Bon Appetit Magazine, 24 Nov. 2025
Definition of lusciousness
Noun
  • These days, Evan finds some joy with his parents’ dog, a Mini Aussie named Gypsy, which now lives with him.
    — Sam Gillette, PEOPLE, 3 July 2026
  • The days leading up to his passing were filled with joy, gratitude, peace and acceptance.
    — Melissa Ruggieri, USA Today, 3 July 2026
Definition of joy
Noun
  • The Willy Chavarria show was air-conditioned, pumped with Xinú perfume and felt expensive.
    — Julissa James, Los Angeles Times, 1 July 2026
  • Instead, the category has recently evolved into something nuanced, blending new, unusual accords and creamy textures to create sophisticated, emotionally complex perfumes.
    — Laia Farran Graves, Forbes.com, 1 July 2026
Definition of perfume
Noun
  • These frozen reconsiderations of classic cocktails are summer manna.
    — Scott Hocker, TheWeek, 10 June 2026
  • So the existence of Montauk Catch Club—dedicated to providing home cooks with hyper-local, dayboat-fresh fish from Montauk fishermen—did not come as a surprise so much as manna from heaven.
    — Air Mail, Air Mail, 2 May 2026
Definition of manna
Noun
  • Dior and Louboutin also have luxury beauty lines, while Dior and Cartier have major fragrance businesses.
    — Merle Ginsberg, HollywoodReporter, 4 July 2026
  • There was also the Run space from WSN and ANDAM, featuring 12 designers across men’s, women’s, accessories and, for the first time, fragrance.
    — Alex Wynne, Footwear News, 2 July 2026
Definition of fragrance
Noun
  • An epic with supernatural and epigenetic overtones, this debut novel looks like a feast of a story.
    — Literary Hub, Literary Hub, 1 July 2026
  • The release was inspired by a Victorian holiday feast rather than a traditional bourbon flavor profile, creating a spirit meant to evoke roasted meat, evergreen forest, and winter fruit in the same glass.
    — Emily Price, Forbes.com, 1 July 2026
Definition of feast
Noun
  • Their flowers in pale pink or white are an afterthought to the plethora of scents – peppermint, lemon, chocolate, nutmeg, apple, ginger, apricot, attar of roses, and cinnamon, among others – that their leaves transmit upon being rubbed or crushed.
    — Joshua Siskin, Orange County Register, 6 Mar. 2025
  • Take the attar trail in the town of Kannauj in Uttar Pradesh, famous for the distilling of scents.
    — Condé Nast Traveller, Condé Nast Traveler, 3 Mar. 2025
Definition of attar
Noun
  • From activewear heroes to beacons of quiet luxury, here are all the labels running their own summer sales right now and the top picks worth grabbing from each (in alphabetical order for your viewing pleasure).
    — Stacia Datskovska, Footwear News, 2 July 2026
  • After learning of an evil rock promoter’s plan to use heavy metal to keep society sedated in a cycle of hedonistic pleasure, a stylish metallic alien arrives on Earth to save humanity and rock out!
    — Alison Foreman, IndieWire, 2 July 2026
Definition of pleasure

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