savory

Definition

  • noun: a small serving of food that is spicy or salty but not sweet
  • noun: a dish of stimulating flavor served usually at the end of dinner but sometimes as an appetizer
  • adjective: having a pleasant taste or smell
  • adjective: having 'savor'
  • usually used in negative statements
  • synonyms: palatable, odorous, delicious

Examples

  • His reputation was anything but 'savory'. [=his reputation was unsavory]

  • They prepared an assortment of both sweet and 'savory' foods.

  • her less 'savory' friend

Movie clips

Movie quotes

  • (..) Better than rain or rippling brook Is a mug of beer inside this Took There's been some strange folk crossing the Shire. Dwarves and others of a less than savory nature. War is brewing. The mountains are fair teeming with goblins. Far-off tales and children's stories,that's all that is. (..)
    2001 The Lord of the Rings: The Fellowship of the Ring