relish

Plural: relishes

Noun

• vigorous and enthusiastic enjoyment
• spicy or savory condiment
• the taste experience when a savoury condiment is taken into the mouth
• A pleasant taste.
• Enjoyment; pleasure.
• A quality or characteristic tinge.
• A taste (for); liking (of); fondness.
• A cooked or pickled sauce, usually made with vegetables or fruits, generally used as a condiment.
• In a wooden frame, the projection or shoulder at the side of, or around, a tenon, on a tenoned piece.
• Something that is greatly liked or savoured.

Verb

Verb Forms: relished, relishing, relishes

• To enjoy greatly or take pleasure in something.
• derive or receive pleasure from; get enjoyment from; take pleasure in
  • "She relished her fame and basked in her glory"
• To taste or eat with pleasure, to like the flavor of
• To take great pleasure in.
• To taste; to have a specified taste or flavour.
• To give a taste to; to cause to taste nice, to make appetizing.
• To give pleasure.

Examples

• He relishes their time together.
• I don't relish the idea of going out tonight.
• She would RELISH the opportunity to play a ’Q’ without a ’U’.

Synonyms

bask, enjoy, flavor, flavour, gusto, nip, sapidity, savor, savour, smack, tang, zest, zestfulness, appreciate, delight in, like, revel in

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