scrumptious

American  

[skruhmp-shuhs] / ˈskrʌmp ʃəs /

adjective

1. very pleasing, especially to the senses; delectable.

   a scrumptious casserole;

   a scrumptious satin gown.

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scrumptious British  

/ ˈskrʌmpʃəs /

adjective

1. informal very pleasing; delicious

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Other Word Forms

• scrumptiously adverb
• scrumptiousness noun

Etymology

Origin of scrumptious

First recorded in 1820–30; perhaps alteration of sumptuous

Explanation

If you describe something as scrumptious, you'd probably like to eat every last crumb. Can I have another slice of that scrumptious pie? Please? Something scrumptious is delightfully appetizing. We usually use it to talk about delicious food, but if your little cousin is so cute you want to eat her up, then she's scrumptious too. Remember that scrumptious has a "p" after the "m," even though you often can't hear it when the word is spoken. Another common mistake is to place -uous at the end of scrumptious rather than -ious.

Example Sentences

Elsewhere we learn that, during the 1978 coup d’état, the hotel’s chefs “whipped up special dishes, turning tender steaks and scrumptious cakes into weapons of distraction.”

From The Wall Street Journal • Nov. 20, 2025

Mikel Kruger-Johnsen scooped in a scrumptious second, but the two goals the 19-year-old sandwiched were not so unstoppable.

From BBC • Nov. 6, 2025

A well-tuned ensemble found the comic joy and slathered it around like scrumptious barbecue sauce as questions about fate, family duty and moral choice were hotly debated.

From Los Angeles Times • Dec. 9, 2024

Narrated with wry verve by Elizabeth Sastre, the whole thing is as scrumptious as if it had been constructed of gingerbread.

From Seattle Times • Dec. 7, 2023

It was moist and creamy and absolutely too much for our already bursting stomachs, but it was scrumptious.

From "Summer of the Mariposas" by Guadalupe García McCall