The food served for lunch was INSIPID. Rewrite the given sentence by giving the antonym to the underlined word.
The food served for lunch was _______.
Answer & explanation
Correct answer: option 4
The correct answer is Option (4) → delicious
Insipid means lacking flavour, tasteless. It is also used for something dull and uninteresting. Its antonym is delicious: "The food served for lunch was delicious."
Example: Without salt the soup was insipid.
| Word | Meaning | Example |
|---|---|---|
| (1) tasteless | having no flavour, the same as insipid (it is a synonym, not an antonym) | The hospital food was tasteless. |
| (2) sweet | naming one particular taste, like sugar (food can be sweet and still not good to eat, so it is not the opposite of tasteless) | The mangoes this year are very sweet. |
| (3) spicy | flavoured with strong spices (like sweet, it names a kind of taste, not the general quality of tasting good) | The curry was too spicy for the children. |
| (4) delicious (answer) | having a very pleasant taste (food that has no taste and food that tastes very good are opposites) | Grandmother made a delicious mango pickle. |
| Synonyms of insipid: tasteless, bland, flavourless, dull Antonyms of insipid: delicious, tasty, flavourful, appetising Also asked in CUET (UG): insipid – 13-05-2026 Slot 1, 13-05-2025 Slot 1, 10-06-2023 Slot 2 |