yummier; yummiest
: highly attractive or pleasing
especially
: delicious, delectable
yummy desserts
The café makes some of the yummiest onion soup in town, too. —
Alexander F. Lobrano, Jr.
Alexander F. Lobrano, Jr.
yummy
noun
plural yummies
… she has been known to keep a desk drawer full of prepackaged yummies …
—Celia Wren
Celia Wren
yumminess
noun
A delicious red [wine] with a track record for yumminess, it's a real value at this price.
—James Suckling
James Suckling
Examples of yummy in a Sentence
He prepared all sorts of yummy dishes.
a yummy meal that is also nutritious
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Erika Ebsworth-Goold, Travel + Leisure, 25 Oct. 2025
Native, night-blooming plants attract nighttime pollinators, a yummy snack for a hungry bat.
—Kirsten Fiscus, Nashville Tennessean, 24 Oct. 2025
That’s debatable, but the sweet, vanilla-forward coating and pop of salt on top turns ordinary pretzels into a yummy confection nonetheless.
—Jolene Thym, Mercury News, 14 Oct. 2025
No This cult-favorite French preserve calendar is packed with 24 mini jars of yummy jams—strawberry and passion fruit, wild blueberry with maple syrup, caramel with vanilla.
—Malia Griggs, Glamour, 9 Oct. 2025
See All Example Sentences for yummy
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“Yummy.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/yummy. Accessed 31 Oct. 2025.
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yummy
adjective
yum·my
ˈyəm-ē 
: very pleasing especially to the taste
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