relishing

Meaning of relishing

verb, gerund or present participle
  1. enjoy greatly.
    he was relishing his moment of glory
  2. make pleasant to the taste; add relish to.
    I have also a novel to relish my wine

Middle English: alteration of obsolete reles, from Old French reles ‘remainder’, from relaisser ‘to release’. The early noun sense was ‘odour, taste’ giving rise to ‘appetizing flavour, piquant taste’ (mid 17th century), and hence relish (sense 2 of the noun) (late 18th century).

Information about relishing

  • It is a verb.
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Hyphenation of relishing

rel-ish-ing

  • It consists of 3 syllables and 9 chars.
  • relishing is a word trisyllabic because it has three syllables

relishing synonyms

Meaning tasting:

tasting, savoring, degustation

Meaning take delight or pleasure in (an activity or occasion):

enjoy

Meaning like or enjoy very much:

love

Meaning having the same characteristics or qualities as; similar to:

like

Meaning like very much:

adore

Meaning recognize the full worth of:

appreciate

Meaning enjoy or appreciate (something pleasant) to the full, especially by lingering over it:

savour

relishing antonyms

Meaning feel distaste for or hostility towards:

dislike

Anagrams of relishing

hirelings, hirseling, shinglier

Words that rhyme with relishing

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